The role of ethnicity and parental bonding in the eating and weight concerns of Asian-American and caucasian college women
International Journal of Eating DisordersPublished 1 May 1999
Catherine Haudek, Marcia Rorty, Barbara Henker
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Results suggest that quality of parent-child relations, particularly the mother-daughter relationship, may be important in the etiology of eating problems, irrespective of ethnicity.
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Results suggest that quality of parent-child relations, particularly the mother-daughter relationship, may be important in the etiology of eating problems, irrespective of ethnicity. Longitudinal investigations will be required to test causal relations.
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