Muscle Mania: Development of a New Scale Examining the Drive for Muscularity in Canadian Males

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-39

  Morrison, Todd G ^a,c   Morrison, Melanie A ^b   Hopkins, Christine ^a   Rowan, E Tyler ^a  

^a RED DEER COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 1642496772     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1524-9220.5.1.30     Document Type: Article

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