Emotional maltreatment and disordered eating in adolescents: Testing the mediating role of emotion regulation

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 156-166

  Mills, Pamela ^a,b   Newman, Emily Frances ^a   Cossar, Jill ^a   Murray, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BORDERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Disordered eating; Emotion regulation; Emotional abuse; Emotional maltreatment; Emotional neglect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING ATTITUDES TEST 26; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGULATION OF EMOTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EATING DISORDERS; EMOTION; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84920285473     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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