Associations between repression, general maladjustment, body weight, and body shape in older males: The normative aging study

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-238

  Niaura, Raymond S ^a   Stroud, Laura R ^a   Todaro, John ^a   Ward, Kenneth D ^c   Spiro III, Avron ^c   Aldwin, Carolyn ^b   Landsberg, Lewis ^c   Weiss, Scott T ^c  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body shape; Maladjustment; Personality; Repression; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY WEIGHT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041358819     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327558IJBM1003_03     Document Type: Article

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