The impact of psychological stress on men's judgements of female body size

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Swami, Viren ^a,b   Tovée, Martin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEMALE BODY SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; SOCIAL STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPETITE; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864723235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042593     Document Type: Article

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