Watching My Weight: Self-Weighing, Body Surveillance, and Body Dissatisfaction

Sex Roles

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-55

  Mercurio, Andrea ^a   Rima, Brandi ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body surveillance; Self weighing; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958795166     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-9980-x     Document Type: Article

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