Body-image perceptions: Reliability of a BMI-based silhouette matching test

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 355-363

  Peterson, Michael ^a   Ellenberg, Deborah ^a   Crossan, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Body image; Body mass index; Perceptions; Silhouette test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0141576516     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.27.4.7     Document Type: Article

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