A Comparison of Eating Disorder Symptomatology, Role Concerns, Figure Preference and Social Comparison Between Women Who Have Attended Single Sex and Coeducational Schools

Sex Roles

Volumn 65, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 751-759

  Davey, Zoe ^a   Jones, Mairwen K ^b   Harris, Lynne M ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Figure preference; High school environment; Sex role; Single sex school; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053964410     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-9942-3     Document Type: Article

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