Social identity in eating disorders

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 475-485

  Ison, Julie ^a   Kent, Sarah ^b  

^a WORCESTERSHIRE HEALTH AND CARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Dorothy Pattison Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eating disorders; social identity; social identity theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78349238200     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.1001     Document Type: Article

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