Five-Factor Model Personality Traits and the Objective and Subjective Experience of Body Weight

Journal of Personality

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 102-112

  Sutin, Angelina R ^a   Terracciano, Antonio ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954393978     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12143     Document Type: Article

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