Validation of the German version of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ-G)

Body Image

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-120

  Knauss, Christine ^a,b   Paxton, Susan J ^a   Alsaker, Françoise D ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body dissatisfaction; German version SATAQ

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 61449208759     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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