Body talk among college men: Content, correlates, and effects

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 300-308

  Engeln, Renee ^a   Sladek, Michael R ^a   Waldron, Heather ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Body talk; College men; Drive for muscularity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PEER GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878580220     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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