Positive and negative body-related comments and their relationship with body dissatisfaction in middle-aged women

Psychology and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-272

  McLaren, Lindsay ^a   Kuh, Diana ^b   Hardy, Rebecca ^b   Gauvin, Lise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body image; Body related comments; Middle aged women; Teasing

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642308897     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0887044031000148246     Document Type: Article

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