The swimsuit issue: Correlates of body image in a sample of 52,677 heterosexual adults

Body Image

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 413-419

  Frederick, David A ^a,b   Peplau, Letitia Anne ^a   Lever, Janet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA Center for Culture Trauma and Mental Health Disparities   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Age; Body image; Body mass index; Height; Objectification

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548231118     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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