Overeating as coping and stressor in overweight control

• Main Author: Solomon, Margot Ruth
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01.01.1992
• Subjects: Behavioral psychology; Behavioral Sciences; Clinical psychology; Nursing; Obesity; Psychotherapy; Stress

Although the coping function of overeating has been recognized, it has not been studied in the context of a stress and coping perspective. That overeating is a coping response to stress, and also has stressful effects itself, are the central ideas of a coherent set of propositions tested in this stu...