Eating disorders and intrasexual competition: Testing an evolutionary hypothesis among young women

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Abed, Riadh ^a   Mehta, Sunil ^a   Figueredo, Aurelio José ^b   Aldridge, Sarah ^c   Balson, Hannah ^c   Meyer, Caroline ^c,d   Palmer, Robert ^c,d  

^a ROTHERHAM DONCASTER AND SOUTH HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDERS EXAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL COMPETITION HYPOTHESIS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY IMAGE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861072309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/290813     Document Type: Article

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