Developmental and contextual risks of social physique anxiety among female athletes

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-177

  Gay, Jennifer L ^a   Monsma, Eva V ^b   Torres McGehee, Toni M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetic; Development; Maturity offset

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOTYPE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATHLETES; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENARCHE; PUBERTY; SELF CONCEPT; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 79960177043     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2011.10599744     Document Type: Article

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