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Development and validation of new figural scales for female body dissatisfaction assessment on two dimensions: thin-ideal and muscularity-ideal.

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Body dissatisfaction influences women's mental and physical health. To date, most research has focused on body dissatisfaction in relation to the 'thin-ideal'. Thus, the association between body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptomatology and muscularity-ideal in women is less clear. Lack of understanding is underpinned by the lack of reliable and valid muscularity-related assessments for women. To address this need, we developed, tested and re-tested two new body dissatisfaction scales: The Female Body Scale (FBS; adiposity dimension) and Female Fit Body Scale (FFITBS; muscularity dimension).

Year of Publication
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2020
Journal
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BMC public health
Volume
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20
Issue
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1
Number of Pages
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1114
Date Published
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2020
URL
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https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-020-09094-6
DOI
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10.1186/s12889-020-09094-6
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BMC Public Health
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