Assessment of adolescent body perception: Development and characterization of a novel tool for morphing images of adolescent bodies

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 651-666

  Aleong, Rosanne ^a   Duchesne, Simon ^a   Paus, Tomáš ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 34249802462     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193037     Document Type: Article

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