Preliminary examination of a couple-based eating disorder prevention program

Body Image

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 324-333

  Ramirez, Ana L ^a,b   Perez, Marisol ^a   Taylor, Aaron ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rutgers' School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Couples; Eating disorders; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; EATING DISORDER; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BODY IMAGE; COURTSHIP; EATING DISORDERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862168215     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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