Attachment insecurity, personality, and body dissatisfaction in eating disorders

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 520-524

  Abbate Daga, Giovanni ^a   Gramaglia, Carla ^a   Amianto, Federico ^a   Marzola, Enrica ^a   Fassino, Secondo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attachment; body dissatisfaction; eating disorders; personality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY DISSATISFACTION; BODY SHAPE QUESTIONNAIRE; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CHARACTER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954644270     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181e4c6f7     Document Type: Article

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