Parental Influences on Elite Aesthetic Athletes' Body Image Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1082-1091

  Francisco, Rita ^a   Narciso, Isabel ^a   Alarcão, Madalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aesthetic athletes; Body image dissatisfaction; Disordered eating; Parental influences; Predictors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884982566     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-012-9670-5     Document Type: Article

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