"But I Like My Body": Positive body image characteristics and a holistic model for young-adult women

Body Image

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-116

  Wood Barcalow, Nichole L ^a   Tylka, Tracy L ^a   Augustus Horvath, Casey L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image model; Body investment and evaluation; College women; Positive body image; Qualitative research; State and trait body image

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REINFORCEMENT; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MENTORS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649332906     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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