Embodied image: Gender differences in functional and aesthetic body image among Australian adolescents

Body Image

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-31

  Abbott, Bree D ^a   Barber, Bonnie L ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body function; Body image; Body mass index; Body satisfaction; Pubertal timing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUBERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DEPRESSION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUBERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 72249083116     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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