Body perception index: Benefits, pitfalls, ideas

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 457-464

  Smeets, Monique A M ^a   Smit, Filip ^b   Panhuysen, Geert E M ^a   Ingleby, J David ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Body image; Body perception index; Body size estimation; Visual size estimation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; ERROR; HUMAN; PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032031270     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(97)00142-6     Document Type: Article

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