Exploring the link between self-compassion and body image in university women

Body Image

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 236-245

  Wasylkiw, Louise ^a   MacKinnon, Anna L ^a   MacLellan, Aleka M ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body appreciation; Body image; Body preoccupation; Depressive symptoms; Eating guilt; Self compassion; Self esteem; Weight shape concerns

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858750120     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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