Assessing Women's Negative Commentary on Their Own Bodies: A Psychometric Investigation of the Negative Body Talk Scale

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-178

  Engeln Maddox, Renee ^a   Salk, Rachel H ^b   Miller, Steven A ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ARGOSY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body image; body image disturbances; fat talk; interpersonal communication; measurement; physical appearance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861765352     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684312441593     Document Type: Article

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