Does exposure to muscularity-idealizing images have self-objectification consequences for heterosexual and sexual minority men?

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-183

  Michaels, Matthew S ^a   Parent, Mike C ^a   Moradi, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Drive for muscularity; Media; Objectification; Sexual minority

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882578644     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027259     Document Type: Article

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