Disordered eating attitudes, alexithymia and suicide probability among Turkish high school girls

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 224-229

  Alpaslan, Ahmet Hamdi ^a   Soylu, Nusret ^b   AVCI, Kadriye ^a   Coşkun, Kerem Şenol ^a   Kocak, Uğur ^a   Taş, Hanife Uzel ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Alexithymia; Disordered eating attitudes; Suicide probability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING ATTITUDE TEST; EATING DISORDER; HIGH SCHOOL; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE PROBABILITY SCALE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; TURK (PEOPLE); AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTITUDE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TURKEY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TURKEY;

EID: 84926141152     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.12.052     Document Type: Article

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