The relationship between perceived social support and severity of body dysmorphic disorder symptoms: the role of gender O efeito do gênero sobre a relação entre suporte social apreendido e gravidade dos sintomas do transtorno dismórfico corporal

OBJECTIVE: Whether social support is associated with severity of body dysmorphic symptoms is unknown. To address this gap in the literature, the present study aims to examine the association between three domains of perceived social support (i.e., family, friends, and significant others) and severit...

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Main Authors: Luana Marques, Hilary M. Weingarden, Nicole J. LeBlanc, Jedidiah Siev, Sabine Wilhelm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2011-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462011005000010