Eating behaviors, body image, perfectionism, and self-esteem in a sample of Portuguese girls

Objective: Eating disorders are an increasingly prevalent health problem among adolescent girls. It is well known that biological, psychosocial, and family-related factors interact in the development of this group of disorders. However, the mechanisms underlying the interaction between these variabl...

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Main Authors: Maria D. Teixeira, Ana T. Pereira, Mariana V. Marques, Jorge M. Saraiva, António F. de Macedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2016-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462016005003104&lng=en&tlng=en