Muscle dysmorphia, self-esteem, and loneliness among gay and bisexual men

International Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-170

  Chaney, Michael P ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual men; Gay men; Loneliness; Muscle dysmorphia; Quantitative study; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL VALUE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASS MEDIUM; MUSCLE APPEARANCE SATISFACTION SCALE; MUSCLE DYSMORPHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; UCLA LONELINESS SCALE;

EID: 77649102435     PISSN: 15326306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3149/jmh.0702.157     Document Type: Article

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