" He's a good-looking chap aint he?": Narrative and visualisations of self in body dysmorphic disorder

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1641-1647

  Silver, Joanna ^a   Reavey, Paula ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body dysmorphic disorder; Narrative; Photographs; Purity; Self; UK

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NARRATIVE; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SELF HELP; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NARRATION; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77951652499     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.042     Document Type: Article

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