Why Do Only a Minority of Men Report Severe Levels of Eating Disorder Symptomatology, When so Many Report Substantial Body Dissatisfaction? Examination of Exacerbating Factors

Eating Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 292-305

  Dakanalis, Antonios ^a   Timko, C Alix ^b   Favagrossa, Laura ^c   Riva, Giuseppe ^d,e   Zanetti, M Assunta ^a   Clerici, Massimo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; HUMAN RELATION; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEN; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902547726     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2014.898980     Document Type: Article

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