Academic examination stress increases disordered eating symptomatology in female university students

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Costarelli, Vassiliki ^a   Patsai, A ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Body image; Disordered eating; Emotional intelligence

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC EXAMINATION STRESS; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY IMAGE PICTORIAL INSTRUMENT SCALE; DUTCH EATING BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; EATING ATTITUDES TEST; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERAL BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SCHOOL STRESS; SELF ESTEEM; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 84869069397     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325343     Document Type: Article

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