Effect of participation in an 8 week aerobic dance and step aerobics program on physical self-perception and body image satisfaction

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 366-375

  Aşçi, F Hülya ^a   Kin, Ayşe ^a   Koşar, Ş Nazan ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aerobics dance; Body image satisfaction; Physical self perception; Step aerobics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032187287     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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