Results of a study of stability of body-image distortion in seven inpatient anorexic women over 4 weeks show that although analysis of grouped data reveals no mean change in body-image distortion over time, significant change did occur for six of the seven subjects. This lack of stability over time
Body image distortion in noneating disordered women
โ Scribed by Birtchnell, Sandra A. ;Dolan, Bridget M. ;Lacey, J. Hubert
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 409 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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