Nothing tastes as good as thin feels: Low positive emotion differentiation and weight-loss activities in anorexia nervosa

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 514-531

  Selby, Edward A ^a   Wonderlich, Stephen A ^b,c   Crosby, Ross D ^b,c   Engel, Scott G ^b,c   Panza, Emily ^a   Mitchell, James E ^b,c   Crow, Scott J ^d   Peterson, Carol B ^d   Le Grange, Daniel ^e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Emotional clarity; Positive emotion; Purging; Weighing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904737086     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702613512794     Document Type: Article

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