Eating psychopathology amongst athletes: Links to current attachment styles

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-12

  Shanmugam, Vaithehy ^a   Jowett, Sophia ^b   Meyer, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athletes; Attachment styles; Depression; Eating psychopathology; Perfectionism; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; DEPRESSION; EATING; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857926671     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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