Early psychoanalytic theory viewed anorexia nervosa as an attempt to defend against anxiety related to:

a. sibling rivalry
b. emerging adult sexuality
c. parental fighting and violence
d. school phobia


Answer: b. emerging adult sexuality

Psychology

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Mason has just experienced a particularlynastydivorce. He suddenlybegins to experience

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