Changes in Body Dissatisfaction relative to gender and age: The modulating character of BMI

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 313-322

  Bully, Paola ^a   Elosua, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body dissatisfaction; Evolutive differences; Gender differences; Ideal body mass index

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954495288     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n1.28     Document Type: Article

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