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Oct 2026
Body image and maladaptive eating behaviors in Chinese early adolescents: a latent profile analysis
Background Body image undergoes significant changes during early adolescence, yet empirical evidence on how the combination of negative and positive body image in this stage relates to maladaptive eating behaviors remains limited. To address this, employing a person-centered approach, this study aimed to identify disti...
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