Psychiatry Research
Volume 133, Issue 2 , Pages 263-271 , 28 February 2005

Body shape preference and body satisfaction of Taiwanese and Japanese female college students

  • Ming-Ying Shih

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, 3-1-1, Higashi-ku 8128582, Fukuoka City, Japan
    • Department of Early Childhood Education, National Hualien Teachers College, Taiwan, Republic of China
  • ,
  • Chiharu Kubo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, 3-1-1, Higashi-ku 8128582, Fukuoka City, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 92 6425316; fax: +81 92 6425336.

Received 18 August 2004 ,Accepted 25 October 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.10.008

Psychiatry Research
Volume 133, Issue 2 , Pages 263-271 , 28 February 2005