Traditional and non-traditional male college students' attitudes on muscularity

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages

  Spann, Nate ^a   Pritchard, M ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image investment; Dissatisfaction; Drive for muscularity; Muscularity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BODY IMAGE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRIVE FOR MUSCULARITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION;

EID: 77958525913     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325285     Document Type: Article

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