Body talk and body-related co-rumination: Associations with body image, eating attitudes, and psychological adjustment

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 462-471

  Rudiger, Jonathan A ^a   Winstead, Barbara A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA CONSORTIUM PROGRAM IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Body talk; Co rumination; Eating attitudes; Fat talk; Friendship

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY TALK; CO-RUMINATION; EATING ATTITUDES; EATING DISORDER; FAT TALK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

BODY IMAGE; BODY TALK; CO-RUMINATION; EATING ATTITUDES; FAT TALK; FRIENDSHIP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNICATION; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884530198     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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