Avatar body dimensions and men's body image

Body Image

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 146-155

  Cacioli, Jon Paul ^a,b   Mussap, Alexander J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avatars; Body dissatisfaction, Drive for thinness, Drive for muscle; Men

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVATARS; BODY DISSATISFACTION, DRIVE FOR THINNESS, DRIVE FOR MUSCLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROL; FANTASY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

AVATARS; BODY DISSATISFACTION, DRIVE FOR THINNESS, DRIVE FOR MUSCLE; MEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FANTASY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); IMAGINATION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINNESS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896494053     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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