Motivations for dieting: Drive for thinness is different from drive for objective thinness

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 276-281

  Chernyak, Yelena ^a   Lowe, Michael R ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulimia nervosa; Dieting; Drive for thinness; Motivation; Restrained eating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; DRIVE FOR OBJECTIVE THINNESS; DRIVE FOR THINNESS; FEMALE; GOLDFARB FEAR OF FAT SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; RATING SCALE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77952931634     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018398     Document Type: Article

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