A factor analysis of the meanings of anorexia nervosa: Intrapsychic, relational, and avoidant dimensions and their clinical correlates

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Marzola, Enrica ^a   Panepinto, Corine ^a   Delsedime, Nadia ^a   Amianto, Federico ^a   Fassino, Secondo ^a   Abbate Daga, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive function; Ambivalence; Anorexia nervosa; Meaning; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA STAGES OF CHANGE QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER ASSESSMENT; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EATING DISORDERS INVENTORY 2; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEANINGS OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA QUESTIONNAIRE; OBSESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL STRESS; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; TREATMENT DURATION; COMPLICATION; EMOTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973341482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0894-6     Document Type: Article

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