Cross-cultural examination of beliefs about the causes of bulimia nervosa among Australian and Japanese females

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 176-186

  Dryer, Rachel ^a   Uesaka, Yuri ^b   Manalo, Emmanuel ^c   Tyson, Graham ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Australian and Japanese women; Bulimia nervosa; Causal beliefs; Cultural similarities and differences; Eating disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; EATING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); NORMAL HUMAN; PEER PRESSURE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAPAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922960447     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22269     Document Type: Article

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