Levesque, alum have paper accepted by journal

Maurice Levesque, Associate Professor of Psychology, and Elon alum David Vichesky ’03 have had their paper entitled “Raising the bar on the body beautiful: An analysis of the body image concerns of homosexual men” accepted for publication in Body Image: An International Journal of Research. The study of gay men, conducted as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience program, examined the nature of body image concerns and evaluated the connections between body image dissatisfaction and psychological well-being. The research was supported by an Elon University Faculty Research and Development Grant and by grants from the Undergraduate Research Office.