Body perceptions and health behaviors in an online bodybuilding community

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 971-985

  Smith, Aaron C T ^a   Stewart, Bob ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

addiction substance use; body image; ethnography; exercise physical activity; Internet; longitudinal studies; masculinity; social identity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MASCULINITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LIFTING;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MASCULINITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 84861819367     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732312443425     Document Type: Article

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