Empathy and social functioning in anorexia nervosa before and after recovery

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-57

  Morris, Robin ^a   Bramham, Jessica ^a   Smith, Emma ^a   Tchanturia, Kate ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anorexia; eating disorder; empathy; recovery; self report; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL RECOGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84888643580     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2013.794723     Document Type: Article

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