Sex differences in exercise motivation and body-image satisfaction among college students

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 723-732

  Smith, Billy L ^a   Handley, Priscilla ^b   Eldredge, Dee Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTHETICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; ESTHETICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0032036740     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.86.2.723     Document Type: Article

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