Eating disorders and their putative risk factors among female German professional athletes

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 269-276

  Thiemann, Pia ^a,b   Legenbauer, Tanja ^a   Vocks, Silja ^c   Platen, Petra ^d   Auyeung, Bonnie ^e   Herpertz, Stephan ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aesthetic and ball game sports; body dissatisfaction; elite performance; sports pressure; women and sport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING DISORDER; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPORT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD SYNDROME; GERMANY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD SYNDROME; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930763301     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.2360     Document Type: Article

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