Body image dissatisfaction in female Brazilian university students;Insatisfação com a imagem corporal em universitárias Brasileiras

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-51

  Alvarenga, Marle Dos Santos ^a   Philippi, Sonia Tucunduva ^a   Lourenço, Barbara H ^a   Sato, Priscila De Morais ^b   Scagliusi, Fernanda Baeza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body image; College students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY IMAGE DISSATISFACTION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 77952831274     PISSN: 00472085     EISSN: 19820208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0047-20852010000100007     Document Type: Article

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