"I am a waste of breath, of space, of time": Metaphors of self in a pro-anorexia group

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 189-204

  Bates, Carolina Figueras ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

anorexia; discourse analysis; eating disorders; Internet; self

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ANOREXIA; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84919624765     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732314550004     Document Type: Article

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