Body image ideals of low-income African American mothers and their preadolescent daughters

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 615-630

  Flynn, Kristin ^a   Fitzgibbon, Marian ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030355864     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01537357     Document Type: Article

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