Body image preference in the United States and rural Thailand: An exploratory study

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 518-526

  Sharps, Matthew J ^a   Price Sharps, Jana L ^a   Hanson, John ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ventura College   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Gender issues; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9444270507     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980109603716     Document Type: Article

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