Nine, seven, five, or three: How many figures do we need for assessing body image?

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 488-492

  Ambrosi Randić, Neala ^a   Pokrajac Bulian, Alessandra ^b   Takšić, Vladimir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b Filozofskog fakulteta u Rijeci   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 19944407937     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.100.2.488-492     Document Type: Article

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