Masculine Gender Roles and Differentiation: Predictors of Body Image and Self-Objectification in Men

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 208-224

  Schwartz, Jonathan P ^a   Grammas, Debbie L ^b   Sutherland, Roy John ^b   Siffert, Kevin J ^b   Bush King, Imelda ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Differentiation; Gender roles; Masculinity; Self objectification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954650425     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018255     Document Type: Article

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