Eating Disorders and Intrasexual Competition: Testing an Evolutionary Hypothesis among Young Women

The sexual competition hypothesis (SCH) contends that intense female intrasexual competition (ISC) is the ultimate cause of eating disorders. The SCH explains the phenomenon of the pursuit of thinness as an adaptation to ISC in the modern environment. It argues that eating disorders are pathological...

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Autores principales: Abed, Riadh, Mehta, Sunil, Figueredo, Aurelio José, Aldridge, Sarah, Balson, Hannah, Meyer, Caroline, Palmer, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Scientific World Journal 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3330742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22566764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/290813

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3330742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22566764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/290813

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