Impact of exposure to idealised male images on adolescents boy's body image

Body Image

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-266

  Humphreys, Paul ^a   Paxton, Susan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent boys; Body image; Idealised male images

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144257742     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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