Gender differences in adolescence in emotional variables relevant to eating disorders

International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-68

  Pascual, Aitziber ^a   Etxebarria, Itziar ^a   Ortega, Izaskun ^a   Ripalda, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Eating disorders; Emotional variables; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858400226     PISSN: 15777057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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