Self-compassion, Body Image, and Self-reported Disordered Eating

Self and Identity

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 432-448

  Breines, Juliana ^a   Toole, Aubrey ^b   Tu, Clarissa ^b   Chen, Serena ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Body shame; Disordered eating; Self compassion; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897448211     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2013.838992     Document Type: Article

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