Correlates of Body Satisfaction and Self-Concept in Third- and Sixth-Graders

Current Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 353-367

  Guiney, Kathryn M ^a   Furlong, Nancy E ^a  

^a ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0141531259     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-999-1009-z     Document Type: Article

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