Rating body awareness in persons suffering from eating disorders - A cross-sectional study

Advances in Physiotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-34

  Thõrnborg, Ulla ^a   Mattsson, Monica ^b  

^a UDDEVALLA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basic Body Awareness Therapy; Body Awareness Scale Health; Body image; Interview Scale Body Ego; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MOVEMENT; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77749308407     PISSN: 14038196     EISSN: 16511948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14038190903220362     Document Type: Article

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