Conflicted gender identity, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in adult men and women

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-125

  Ålgars, Monica ^a   Santtila, Pekka ^a   Sandnabba, N Kenneth ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Disordered eating; Gender identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955272998     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9758-6     Document Type: Article

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