Chinese and American college students' body-image: Perceived body shape and body affect

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 395-403

  Chen, Weiyun ^a   Swalm, Ricky L ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOTYPE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFFECT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOTYPES; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032176065     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.87.2.395     Document Type: Article

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