Test-retest reliability and construct validity of Contour Drawing Rating Scale scores in a sample of early adolescent girls

Body Image

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-205

  Wertheim, Eleanor H ^a   Paxton, Susan J ^a   Tilgner, Linda ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Assessment; Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Figure rating; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144281683     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1740-1445(03)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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