Body dissatisfaction and eating disorders in a sample of gay and bisexual men

International Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 254-264

  Siconolfi, Daniel ^a   Halkitis, Perry N ^a   Allomong, Timothy W ^a   Burton, Charles L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Eating disorder; Gay bisexual; Internalized homophobia; Men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; BODY IMAGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASCULINITY; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77649219324     PISSN: 15326306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3149/jmh.0803.254     Document Type: Article

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