Appearance investment in Australian brides-to-be

Body Image

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-286

  Prichard, Ivanka ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appearance investment; Body image; Brides; Diet; Weddings; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; ESTHETICS; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959380676     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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