Suppressing to please, eating to cope: The effect of overweight women's emotion suppression on romantic relationships and eating

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 599-623

  Butler, Emily A ^a   Young, Valerie J ^a   Randall, Ashley K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 77953837823     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2010.29.6.599     Document Type: Article

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