Body-image perceptions across sex and age groups

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 87, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 839-847

  Cullari, Salvatore ^a   Rohrer, Jennifer M ^b   Bahm, Christine ^b  

^a LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032238541     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.87.3.839     Document Type: Article

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