Self-silencing and anger regulation as predictors of disordered eating among adolescent females

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-118

  Norwood, Sarah Jane ^a   Bowker, Anne ^a   Buchholz, Annick ^b   Henderson, Katherine A ^b   Goldfield, Gary ^b   Flament, Martine F ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anger; Dietary restraint; Disordered eating; Emotional eating; Self silencing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ANGER REGULATION; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONTROL; SELF ESTEEM;

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; BODY IMAGE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EATING; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 79952301373     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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