TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Maltreatment in childhood and body concerns in adulthood
JO  - Journal of health psychology
A1  - Brooke, Leah
A1  - Mussap, Alexander
SP  - 620
EP  - 626
VL  - 18
IS  - 5
N2  - Objective: We examined the relationship between maltreatment in childhood and body concerns in adulthood. Method: A community sample of 156 women and 143 men completed measures of maltreatment - frequency of sexual abuse, physical abuse, physical neglect, emotional abuse and emotional neglect - in childhood. They also reported current dissatisfaction with body weight and shape and drive for thinness and drive for muscle. Results and conclusions: Childhood maltreatment was associated with drive for muscle in women and body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness in men. The results provide some evidence that adverse conditions in childhood can be associated with gender-atypical body concerns in adulthood.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105312454036
ID  - ref1
ER  -