Athletes and body image: Interviews with gay sportsmen

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-333

  Filiault, Shaun M ^a   Drummond, Murray J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Athletes; Body image; Gay men; Identity; Masculinity; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249135915     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14780880802070575     Document Type: Article

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