Global body and muscle satisfaction among college men in the United States and Hong Kong-China

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-117

  Jung, Jaehee ^a   Forbes, Gordon B ^b   Chan, Priscilla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Body image; Chinese men; College men; Masculinity; Muscularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955274852     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9760-z     Document Type: Article

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