Interpersonal Motives in Anorexia Nervosa: The Fear of Losing One's Autonomy

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 278-289

  Brockmeyer, Timo ^a,c   Holtforth, Martin Grosse ^b   Bents, Hinrich ^c   Kämmerer, Annette ^c   Herzog, Wolfgang ^a   Friederich, Hans Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Autonomy; Eating disorders; Interpersonal

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873307544     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21937     Document Type: Article

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