The relationship of sex and sexual orientation to self-esteem, body shape satisfaction, and eating disorder symptomatology

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Yean, Chetra ^a   Benau, Erik M ^b   Dakanalis, Antonios ^c   Hormes, Julia M ^a   Perone, Julie ^d   Timko, C Alix ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Drive for muscularity; Drive for thinness; Eating disorder; Gender differences; Self esteem; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889644601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00887     Document Type: Article

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