Childhood sexual and physical abuse in Spanish female undergraduates: Does it affect eating disturbances?

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Villarroel, Ana M ^a   Penelo, Eva ^b   Portell, Mariona ^c   Raich, Rosa M ^d  

^a London Huntercombe Manor Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Ellern Mede Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

childhood physical abuse; childhood sexual abuse; eating disorders; female undergraduates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PHYSICAL ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDERS EXAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; SURVIVOR; TRAUMATIC LIFE EVENTS QUESTIONNAIRE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; STUDENTS; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855418645     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.1086     Document Type: Article

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