A comparative analysis of anorexia nervosa groups on Facebook

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-420

  Teufel, Martin ^a   Hofer, Eva ^a   Junne, Florian ^a   Sauer, Helene ^a   Zipfel, Stephan ^a   Giel, Katrin Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Eating disorders; Motivation; Social media; Social support

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; FACEBOOK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MOTIVATION; SELF HELP; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84891947701     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40519-013-0050-y     Document Type: Article

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