Clinical Depression and Weight Change: A Complex Relation.

Polivy, Janet; Herman, C. Peter

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Publication Date: 1976

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Clinical Depression and Weight Change: A Complex Relation

Polivy, Janet; Herman, C. Peter

Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 85, 3, 338-40, Jun 76

It was hypothesized that depressed patients who were identified as restrained on the basis of Herman and Polivy's (1975) restraint scale would report having gained weight in conjunction with their depression, whereas unrestrained patients would report weight loss. (Author)

Descriptors: Body Weight, Eating Habits, Emotional Response, Hypothesis Testing, Psychological Characteristics, Psychological Studies, Psychopathology, Research Methodology, Tables (Data)

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