Sociocultural and Psychological Links to Men's Engagement in Risky Body Change Behaviors

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 747-756

  Karazsia, Bryan T ^a   Crowther, Janis H ^b  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body change behaviors; Drive for muscularity; Internalization; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649721757     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9802-6     Document Type: Article

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