Initial examination of the validity and reliability of the female photographic figure rating scale for body image assessment

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1752-1761

  Swami, Viren ^a   Salem, Natalie ^b   Furnham, Adrian ^b   Tovée, Martin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body image; Body size; Photographic Figure Rating Scale; Scale assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549109689     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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