Beliefs about excessive exercise in eating disorders: The role of obsessions and compulsions

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 226-236

  Naylor, Heather ^a   Mountford, Victoria ^b,c   Brown, Gary ^d  

^a SPRINGFIELD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

beliefs; eating; exercise; obsessions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BODY MASS; COMPULSIVE EXERCISE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDER EXAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE; EXCESSIVE EXERCISE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE BELIEF QUESTIONNAIRE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE INVENTORY REVISE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; EATING DISORDERS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79956208290     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.1110     Document Type: Article

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