The relationship of hypercompetitiveness and gender roles with body dysmorphic disorder symptoms in a nonclinical sample

Body Image

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 318-321

  Woodie, Denice S ^a   Fromuth, Mary Ellen ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Gender roles; Hypercompetitiveness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

BODY IMAGE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 69449092479     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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