Body image disturbance in children and adolescents with eating disorders: Current evidence and future directions

Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-59

  Legenbauer, Tanja ^a   Thiemann, Pia ^b   Vocks, Silja ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Cognitive behavioral model; Eating disorders

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BODY IMAGE DISTURBANCE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE BIAS; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EATING DISORDER; EXTRASTRIATE BODY AREA; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY DISSATISFACTION; BODY IMAGE; COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL MODEL; EATING DISORDERS; ESSSTÖRUNG; KOGNITIV-BEHAVIORALES MODELL; KÖRPERBILD; KÖRPERUNZUFRIEDENHEIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION;

EID: 84893071769     PISSN: 14224917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1422-4917/a000269     Document Type: Review

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