Gender, race, childhood abuse, and body image among adolescents

Violence Against Women

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 931-954

  Logio, Kim A ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body image; Childhood abuse; Disordered eating

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042074458     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801203255134     Document Type: Article

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