Body size over-estimation in women with anorexia nervosa is not qualitatively different from female controls

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-111

  Cornelissen, Piers L ^a   Johns, Anna ^b   Tovée, Martin J ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Body mass index; Body size over estimation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871662086     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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