Masculine gender role stress and the pursuit of muscularity

International Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-89

  Mussap, Alexander J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body change; Body image; Disordered eating; Masculine gender role stress; Muscularity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; DRIVE FOR MUSCULARITY SCALE; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDER EXAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE; EATING DISORDER INVENTORY; EMOTION; FEAR; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MASCULINE GENDER ROLE STRESS SCALE; MASCULINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 67649527511     PISSN: 15326306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3149/jmh.0701.72     Document Type: Article

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