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...
Main Authors: | Riadh Abed, Sunil Mehta, Aurelio José Figueredo, Sarah Aldridge, Hannah Balson, Caroline Meyer, Robert Palmer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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Series: | The Scientific World Journal |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/290813 |
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