The Impact of Media Images of Super-Slender Women on Women's Self-Esteem: Identification, Social Comparison, and Self-Perception

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 278-286

  Wilcox, Kathy ^a   Laird, James D ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Identification; Self esteem; Self perception; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000020136     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jrpe.1999.2281     Document Type: Article

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