The influence of heritability, neuroticism, maternal warmth and media use on disordered eating behaviors: A prospective analysis of twins

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 353-360

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a   Muñoz, Monica E ^a   Winegard, Ben ^a   Winegard, Bo ^b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorders; Genetics; Mass media; Personality

Indexed keywords

DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WARMTH; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECREATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; DISEASES IN TWINS; EATING DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; TELEVISION; TWINS; UNITED STATES; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84866731898     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-012-9205-7     Document Type: Review

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