Effect of exposure to photographs of thin models on self-consciousness in female college students

Psychological Reports

Volumn 86, Issue 3 PART 2, 2000, Pages 1149-1154

  Wegner, Brandy S ^b   Hartmann, Anita M ^a   Geist, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; THINNESS;

EID: 0034201809     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003329410008600314.2     Document Type: Article

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