Body Image: Focus Groups with Boys and Men

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-232

  Grogan, Sarah ^a   Richards, Helen ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body esteem; boys; exercise; health; men; muscularity; social pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990341457     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X02004003001     Document Type: Article

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