Why Study Positive Emotions in the Context of Eating Disorders?

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tchanturia, Kate ^a,b,c   Dapelo, Marcela A Marin ^a   Harrison, Amy ^d   Hambrook, David ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^d Ellern Mede Centre for Eating Disorders   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Emotions; Experimental; Positive psychology; Quality of life; Self report

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DRIVE; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; NEUROIMAGING; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL LIFE; THEORY OF MIND; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EATING DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84925619520     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-014-0537-x     Document Type: Review

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