Can appearance conversations explain differences between gay and heterosexual men's body dissatisfaction?

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-77

  Jankowski, Glen S ^a,b   Diedrichs, Phillippa C ^a   Halliwell, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body image; Fat talk; Men; Peers; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889653514     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031796     Document Type: Article

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