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Attachment style and weight concerns in preadolescent and adolescent girls

DOI

116

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0

References

1998

Year

Tamara M. Sharpe, Joel D. Killen, Susan W. Bryson, Catherine M. Shisslak, Linda S. Estes, Norma Gray, Marjorie Crago, C. Barr Taylor
International Journal of Eating Disorders

Abstract

The findings suggest that attachment style may play an important role in the development of weight concerns, which, in turn, have been shown to be associated with the onset of eating disorders.