Should body-image scales designed for adults be used with adolescents?

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 747-753

  Byrne, Nuala M ^a   Hills, Andrew P ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030161190     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.3.747     Document Type: Article

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