Body image satisfaction and anxiety of a Turkish sample of university students with skin diseases

Psychological Reports

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 499-508

  Kaymak, Yeşim ^a,c   Ulutaş, Ilkay ^a   Taner, Ender ^a   Bakir, Bilal ^b   Şimşek, Işil ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DEPARTMENT OF TOXICOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c Hosdere Cad   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SATISFACTION; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN DISEASES; STUDENTS; TURKEY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34250794448     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.100.2.499-508     Document Type: Article

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