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Data on the students' body management and ego-identity status at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

ABSTRACT: Physical attractiveness is one of the topics requiring new standards in the modern age, whereby the relationships between individuals are formed. The present data article aimed to evaluate the students' body management and ego-identity status at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS), Iran in 2017. The statistical population consisted of 4200 students at KUMS. To collection of this dataset, 360 students were selected using the Krejcie and Morgan Sampling Formula, and the sampling method was cluster sampling. As for data collection, the Ego-Identity Status (EOM-EIS) Questionnaire and Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ) were utilized. The obtained data indicated that KUMS students enjoyed proper body management.

SUBMITTER: Safari Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6199814 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Data on the students' body management and ego-identity status at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

Safari Yahya Y Yoosefpour Nasrin N

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Physical attractiveness is one of the topics requiring new standards in the modern age, whereby the relationships between individuals are formed. The present data article aimed to evaluate the students' body management and ego-identity status at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS), Iran in 2017. The statistical population consisted of 4200 students at KUMS. To collection of this dataset, 360 students were selected using the Krejcie and Morgan Sampling Formula, and the sampling metho ...[more]

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Data on the students' body management and ego-identity status at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

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Data on the students' body management and ego-identity status at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

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