Children's figure ratings: Relationship to self-esteem and negative stereotyping

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-88

  Tiggemann, Marika ^a   Wilson Barrett, Elise ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Child and Adol Mental Hlth Serv   (Australia)

Author keywords

Figure ratings; Self esteem; Young children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0031444230     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199801)23:1<83::AID-EAT10>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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