Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating among men who have sex with men in Canada

International Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-268

  Brennan, David J ^a   Crath, Rory ^a   Hart, Trevor A ^b   Gadalla, Tahany ^a   Gillis, Loralee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Rainbow Health Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Drive for muscularity; Eating disorders; Gay and bisexual men

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANADA; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASCULINITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 84859146622     PISSN: 15326306     EISSN: 19330278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3149/jmh.1003.253     Document Type: Article

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