'Body image is for girls': A qualitative study of boys' body image

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 567-576

  Hargreaves, Duane A ^a,b   Tiggemann, Marika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent boys; Body image; Masculinity; Mass media

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMININITY; GENDER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOMENCLATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33745053928     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105306065017     Document Type: Article

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