Body image self-discrepancies and affect: Exploring the feared body self

Self and Identity

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 413-429

  Woodman, Tim ^a   Hemmings, Sorcha ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fat; Feared self; Ideal self; Muscularity; Ought self; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 52349091339     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860701800225     Document Type: Article

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