Development and validation of a body image guilt and shame scale

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-75

  Thompson, Ted ^a   Dinnel, Dale L ^b   Dill, Nicole J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image concern; Body image importance; Guilt; Personal and social identity; Shame; Social physique anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037211922     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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