Eating disorders: When social rank perceptions are shaped by early shame experiences

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 38-53

  Matos, Marcela ^a   Ferreira, Cláudia ^a   Duarte, Cristiana ^a   Pinto Gouveia, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

centrality to identity; eating disorders; shame memories; social comparison; traumatic memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EATING DISORDER; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SHAME; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; SHAME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921881471     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: 20448341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/papt.12027     Document Type: Article

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