Muscularity Beliefs of Female College Student-Athletes

Sex Roles

Volumn 64, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 543-554

  Steinfeldt, Jesse A ^a   Carter, Hailee ^a   Benton, Emily ^a   Steinfeldt, Matthew Clint ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

College sports; Drive for muscularity scale (DMS); Female student athletes; Femininity; Gender norm expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952993726     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-9935-2     Document Type: Article

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