Social comparison and body image: Attractiveness comparisons to models and peers among adolescent girls and boys

Sex Roles

Volumn 45, Issue 9-10, 2001, Pages 645-664

  Jones, Diane Carlson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls and boys; Body image; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035510829     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014815725852     Document Type: Article

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