The sporting body: Body image and eating disorder symptomatology among female athletes from leanness focused and nonleanness focused sports

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-160

  Kong, Peiling ^a   Harris, Lynne M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

athletes; body dissatisfaction; body image; contextual; eating disorder symptoms; sport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919848412     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2013.846291     Document Type: Article

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