How well do women adapt to changes in their body size and shape across the course of pregnancy?

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 503-515

  Duncombe, Dianne ^a   Wertheim, Eleanor H ^a   Skouteris, Helen ^b   Paxton, Susan J ^a   Kelly, Leanne ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Depression; Dieting; Figure rating; Pregnancy; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH VOLUME; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 42149126707     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105308088521     Document Type: Article

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