Emotional theory of mind in eating disorders

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-202

  Medina Pradas, Cristina ^a   Navarro, J Blas ^a   Álvarez Moya, Eva M ^a   Grau, Antoni ^b   Obiols, Jordi E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Trastornos Alimentarios   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Bulimia; Ex post facto study; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862676036     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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