Perceived somatotype as indicator of accuracy of body image, a method using somatotype attitudinal distance

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1107-1110

  Sobral, Francisco ^a   Vasconcelos, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; REFERENCE VALUE; SOMATOTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE VALUES; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 1842834411     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.3c.1107     Document Type: Article

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