Give or take a few? Comparing measured and self-reported height and weight as correlates of social physique anxiety

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 656-662

  Gay, Jennifer ^a   Monsma, Eva V ^b   Torres McGehee, Toni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Athletics; Developmental levels

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350164592     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2009.10599605     Document Type: Article

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