Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescent Boys and Girls: Objectified Body Consciousness, Internalization of the Media Body Ideal and Perceived Pressure from Media
✍ Scribed by Christine Knauss; Susan J. Paxton; Françoise D. Alsaker
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 239 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-0025
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