The role of interpersonal functioning in the maintenance of eating psychopathology: A systematic review and testable model

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 156-167

  Arcelus, Jon ^a,b   Haslam, Michelle ^a   Farrow, Claire ^a   Meyer, Caroline ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Bulimia; Eating disorder; Interpersonal functioning; Review

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; BULIMIA; CONFLICT; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALADJUSTMENT; MODEL; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84869870691     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.10.009     Document Type: Review

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