A cross-sectional study of correlation of body image anxiety with social phobia and their association with depression in the adolescents from a rural area of Sangli district in India
Background: Prevailing socio-cultural influences lead females to desire a thin body and males a muscular body, especially in adolescents. This results in body image anxiety which may lead to social phobia. Together they can develop depression. The aim was to study the correlation of body image anxie...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Preventive Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2014;volume=5;issue=12;spage=1626;epage=1629;aulast=Waghachavare |