Sexual body esteem and mindfulness in college women

Body Image

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-329

  Fink, Sarah ^a   Foran, Kelly A ^a   Sweeney, Alison C ^a   O'Hea, Erin L ^b  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; College women; Mindfulness; Sexual body image

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY IMAGE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BODY IMAGE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449106209     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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