Sustaining a positive body image in adolescence: An assets-based analysis

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-198

  Fenton, Cath ^a   Brooks, Fiona ^b   Spencer, Neil H ^b   Morgan, Antony ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Assets model; Body image; Cross sectional study; Salutogenesis; Secondary data analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77349086018     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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