Emotion processing and regulation in women with morbid obesity who apply for bariatric surgery

Psychology and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1375-1387

  Zijlstra, Hanna ^a   van Middendorp, Henriët ^b   Devaere, Lieselot ^b   Larsen, Junilla K ^c   van Ramshorst, Bert ^d   Geenen, Rinie ^b  

^a AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

eating; emotions; morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EATING; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EATING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867875745     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2011.600761     Document Type: Article

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