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Thin Is In? Think Again: The Rising Importance of Muscularity in the Thin Ideal Female Body

Bozsik, Frances, Whisenhunt, Brooke L., Hudson, Danae L., Bennett, Brooke, Lundgren, Jennifer D.·2018·Sex Roles

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Authors: Bozsik, F., Whisenhunt, B. L., Hudson, D. L., Bennett, B., & Lundgren, J. D.
Affiliations: University of Missouri–Kansas City (US)
Missouri State University (US)
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
Corresponding author: Bozsik, Frances
ORCID: Whisenhunt, Brooke L.
Hudson, Danae L.
Bennett, Brooke
Venue: Sex Roles
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2018-01-25
Volume: 79
Issue: 9-10
Pages: 609-615
ISSN: 0360-0025 (ISSN-L)
1573-2762
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-017-0886-0
OpenAlex: W2788726603
Cited by: 189
References: 37
Citations by year: 2026: 20 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 2
FWCI: 20.01
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Sex Roles (publishedVersion)
BearWorks (Missouri State University) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Media, Gender, and Advertising
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Keywords: muscularity, thin ideal, ideal female body, body image, media representation of women, attractiveness, fitness, compulsive exercise, media literacy, body dissatisfaction

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