Psychometrics properties of the Swansea Muscularity Attitudes Questionnaire (SMAQ)

Body Image

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-144

  Morrison, Todd G ^a   Morrison, Melanie A ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drive for muscularity; Factor analysis; Male body image; Psychometric properties; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646698870     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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