Can body image education programs be harmful to adolescent females?

Eating Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-13

  O’Dea, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT;

EID: 0036190070     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.453     Document Type: Article

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