A cross-cultural investigation of men's judgments of female body weight in Britain and Indonesia

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-145

  Swami, Viren ^a   Henderson, Grant ^b   Custance, Deborah ^b   Tovée, Martin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body weight; cross cultural; ideal body size; physical attractiveness; thin ideal

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650026324     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110383319     Document Type: Article

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