Body shape preference and body satisfaction of Taiwanese and Japanese female college students

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 133, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 263-271

  Shih, Ming Ying ^a,b   Kubo, Chiharu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Hualien Teachers College   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body image; Japanese; Taiwanese; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 14644444490     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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