Body image concerns: Levels, correlates and gender differences among students in the United Kingdom

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 106-117

  El Ansari, Walid ^a   Dibba, Emily ^b   Stock, Christiane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body image concern; Body shape; Depressive symptoms; Gender; Stress; Student s health; University

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907774714     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3944     Document Type: Article

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