Psychometric properties of the Revised Male Body Attitudes Scale among Irish men

Body Image

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-69

  Ryan, Travis A ^a   Morrison, Todd G ^b   Roddy, Sarah ^c   McCutcheon, Jessica ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Body image; Exploratory Factor Analysis; Men; Psychometrics; Revised Male Body Attitudes Scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOMATOTYPE; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOMATOTYPES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650678166     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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