Body image dissatisfaction and eating-related psychopathology in trans individuals: A matched control study

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 287-293

  Witcomb, Gemma L ^a   Bouman, Walter Pierre ^b   Brewin, Nicola ^c   Richards, Christina ^b,e   Fernandez Aranda, Fernando ^d   Arcelus, Jon ^a,b,c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^e Charing Cross Gender Identity Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body dissatisfaction; drive for thinness; eating disorder risk; trans; transsexual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER ASSESSMENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY IMAGE DISSATISFACTION; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDERS INVENTORY 2; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSGENDER; HAMBURG BODY DRAWING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSGENDER; TRANSGENDER; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRIVE; EMOTION; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRIVE; EMOTIONS; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84930940818     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.2362     Document Type: Article

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