Psychosocial moderators of the relationship between body dissatisfaction and symptoms of eating disorders: A look at a sample of young Italian women

Revue europeenne de psychologie appliquee

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 323-334

  Dakanalis, A ^a,b   Zanetti, M A ^a   Riva, G ^c,d   Clerici, M ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorders; Moderators; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884502357     PISSN: 11629088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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