(De)constructing body image

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-90

  Gleeson, Kate ^a,b,c   Frith, Hannah ^a,b  

^a Clinical Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Construct; Critical; Image; Measures

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; IDEOLOGY; INFORMATION; MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 31944437357     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105306058851     Document Type: Review

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