The link between women's body image disturbances and body-focused cancer screening behaviors: A critical review of the literature and a new integrated model for women

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-162

  Ridolfi, Danielle R ^a   Crowther, Janis H ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body avoidance; Body shame; Cancer screenings; Women's body image

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84875100709     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.11.003     Document Type: Review

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