Body checking and body image avoidance: Construct validity and norms for college women

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-16

  Lydecker, Janet A ^a   Cotter, Elizabeth W ^a,b   Mazzeo, Suzanne E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body checking; Body image avoidance; College; Norms; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY CHECKING; BODY IMAGE; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING;

BODY CHECKING; BODY IMAGE AVOIDANCE; COLLEGE; NORMS; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887513088     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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