Personality and individual difference correlates of positive body image

Body Image

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 322-325

  Swami, Viren ^a   Hadji Michael, Maria ^b   Furnham, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body Appreciation Scale; Community samples; Positive body image; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTHETICS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTHETICS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 47849112902     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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