Motivations for reading beauty and fashion magazines and anorexic risk in college-age women

Media Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-135

  Thomsen, Steven R ^a   McCoy, J Kelly ^a   Gustafson, Robert L ^b   Williams, Marlene ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036338287     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532785XMEP0402_01     Document Type: Article

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