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Direct linkStock, Christiane; Kucuk, Nazan; Miseviciene, Irena; Petkeviciene, Janina; Kramer, Alexander – Health Education, 2004
The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with misperceptions of body shape for 1,681 first-year University students from Germany and Lithuania. The perception of body shape was rated on a five-point scale. Multifactorial logistic regression showed that German students were more likely to perceive themselves as being fatter…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Body Composition, Misconceptions, Self Concept
