Gender-related differences concerning anger expression and interpersonal relationships in a sample of overweight/obese subjects

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Iliceto, P ^a   Pompili, M ^a,c   Candilera, G ^b   Natali, M A ^b   Stefani, H ^a   Lester, D ^d   Serafini, G ^a   Girardi, P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Clinical Psychologist Private Practice   (Italy)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger expression; Gender differences; Interpersonal relationships; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

9AP SCALE; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EDI 2; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATE-TRAIT ANGER EXPRESSION INVENTORY;

ADULT; ANGER; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84883699450     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: 19726007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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