Muscularity versus leanness: An examination of body ideals and predictors of disordered eating in heterosexual and gay college students

Body Image

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 232-236

  Smith, April R ^a   Hawkeswood, Sean E ^a   Bodell, Lindsay P ^a   Joiner, Thomas E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Eating disorders; Human males; Leanness; Muscularity; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; EATING DISORDER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDERS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959379033     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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