Can cognitive dissonance methods developed in the West for combatting the 'thin ideal' help slow the rapidly increasing prevalence of eating disorders in non-Western cultures?

Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 332-341

  Witcomb, Gemma L ^a,b   Arcelus, Jon ^a,b,c   Chen, Jue ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

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EID: 84892646296     PISSN: 10020829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2013.06.002     Document Type: Review

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