Methodological concerns when using silhouettes to measure body image

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 387-395

  Gardner, Rick M ^a   Friedman, Brenda N ^a   Jackson, Natalie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SOMATOTYPE;

BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 0032038945     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.86.2.387     Document Type: Article

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