Dance movement therapy for obese women with emotional eating: A controlled pilot study

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-133

  Meekums, Bonnie ^c   Vaverniece, Ieva ^a   Majore Dusele, Indra ^b   Rasnacs, Oskars ^b  

^a Institute of Health Latvia   (Latvia)

^b RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body image distress; Controlled study psychological distress; Dance movement therapy; Emotional eating; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME IN ROUTINE EVALUATION OUTCOME MEASURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DUTCH EATING BEHAVIOUR QUESTIONNAIRE; EMOTIONAL EATING; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSIC THERAPY; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; ROSENBERG SELF ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SITUATIONAL INVENTORY OF BODY IMAGE DYSPHORIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84858995221     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: 18735878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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