Beyond muscles: Unexplored parts of men's body image

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1163-1172

  Tiggemann, Marika ^a   Martins, Yolanda ^a   Churchett, Libby ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body image; Body parts; Men; Muscularity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; HAIR GROWTH; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; MUSCLE; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCALP HAIR; SELF ESTEEM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLES; PENIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949097779     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105308095971     Document Type: Article

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