The current study evaluated the variables associated with disordered eating and body dissatisfaction among early adolescent girls. The impact of the following variables on body dissatisfaction and disordered eating were assessed: perceived views of society, parents and peers regarding weight, self e
Representation of the female body by early and late adolescent girls
β Scribed by Jill Rierdan; Elissa Koff
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 518 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0047-2891
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