Ten-year-old girls' and boys' body composition and peer victimization experiences: Prospective associations with body satisfaction

Body Image

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-28

  Lunde, Carolina ^a   Frisén, Ann ^a   Hwang, C Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body dissatisfaction; Gender differences; Peer victimization; Prospective design

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33847268264     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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