Body image and body type preferences in st. kitts, caribbean: A cross-cultural comparison with U.S. samples regarding attitudes towards muscularity, body fat, and breast size

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 631-655

  Gray, Peter B ^a   Frederick, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Body image; Breast size; Cross cultural; Fatness; Muscularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872389954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491201000319     Document Type: Article

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