Disordered eating and group membership among members of a pro-anorexic online community

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-12

  Rodgers, Rachel F ^a,b   Skowron, Sabrina ^a   Chabrol, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

disordered eating; pro ana websites

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUID INTAKE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; CHILD; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855438932     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.1096     Document Type: Article

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