Are romantic partners a source of college students' weight concern?

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Sheets, Virgil ^a   Ajmere, Kavita ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Relationships; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS;

EID: 10244270765     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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