Reducing eating disorder symptoms and risk factors using the internet: A meta-analytic review

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-31

  Melioli, Tiffany ^a   Bauer, Stephanie ^b   Franko, Debra L ^c   Moessner, Markus ^b   Ozer, Fikret ^b   Chabrol, Henri ^a   Rodgers, Rachel F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

eating disorders; internet; intervention; moderator; prevention; risk factors

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIET RESTRICTION; E-COUNSELING; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDER SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTERNET; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURGING; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

BODY IMAGE; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNET; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84955180557     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22477     Document Type: Review

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