Parental Attachment, Psychological Separation and Eating Disorder Symptoms among College Women / Maureen E. Kenny.

In this study the relationship of parental attachment and psychological separation to levels of eating disorder symptoms was examined for a sample of college women (N=162) from English classes at a private, urban, coeducational Jesuit university in the northeast. Participants resonded to the Parenta...

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Main Author: Kenny, Maureen E.
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1992.
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Physical Description:14 pages
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