Implicit beliefs about ideal body image predict body image dissatisfaction

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Heider, Niclas ^a   Spruyt, Adriaan ^a   De Houwer, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Implicit attitudes; Implicit beliefs; Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure; IRAP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947249896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01402     Document Type: Article

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