Social comparisons, reflected appraisals, and mass media: The impact of pervasive beauty images on black and white girls' self-concepts

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 190-210

  Milkie, Melissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0033137364     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2695857     Document Type: Article

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