Raising daughters to resist negative cultural messages about body image

Women and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 69-88

  Frank, Myrna L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Culture; Culture wise; Girls; Parenting; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033233961     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v22n04_05     Document Type: Article

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