The physical appearance perfectionism scale: Development and preliminary validation

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-83

  Yang, Hongfei ^a   Stoeber, Joachim ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body image; Dieting; Perfectionism; Physical appearance; Self esteem; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHYSICAL APPEARANCE PERFECTIONISM SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 84863455276     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-011-9260-7     Document Type: Article

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