Emotional outlet: a study into the emotions and attitudes of compulsive eaters.

The purpose of this study is to look at compulsive eaters' attitudes toward their feelings and also to study general attitudes toward fat and thinness in our society. This work was stimulated by Susie Orbach's (1978) reformulation of why women eat compulsively. Before reviewing her theory...

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Main Author: Lerner, Suzanne
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1983
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2275
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3411&context=theses