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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...
Autores principales: | Abed, Riadh, Mehta, Sunil, Figueredo, Aurelio José, Aldridge, Sarah, Balson, Hannah, Meyer, Caroline, Palmer, Robert |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Scientific World Journal
2012
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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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