Measurement invariance of the multidimensional body-self relations questionnaire: Can we compare across age and gender?

Sex Roles

Volumn 55, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 827-842

  Rusticus, Shayna A ^a   Hubley, Anita M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age differences; Body image; Gender differences; Measurement invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845629363     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9135-7     Document Type: Article

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