The impact of spirituality on eating disorder symptomatology in ethnically diverse Canadian women

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 729-738

  Boisvert, Jennifer A ^a   Harrell, W Andrew ^b  

^a not available   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

age; body image; body mass index; eating disorder symptomatology; Ethnicity; religiosity; spirituality; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDER SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RELIGIOSITY; STATISTICS;

AGE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDER SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ETHNICITY; RELIGIOSITY; SPIRITUALITY; WOMEN;

ADULT; ASIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; EATING DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84888614900     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764012453816     Document Type: Article

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