Body images of 4 - 8-year-old girls at the outset of their first artistic gymnastics class

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 244-250

  Poudevigne, Melanie S ^a   O'Connor, Patrick J ^a   Laing, Emma M ^b   Wilson, Alissa M R ^b   Modlesky, Christopher M ^c   Lewis, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body dissatisfaction; Body fat; Body figure rating; Children gymnast

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ART; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0042709435     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.10157     Document Type: Article

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