Body Image and the Appearance Culture among Adolescent Girls and Boys: An Examination of Friend Conversations, Peer Criticism, Appearance Magazines, and the Internalization of Appearance Ideals

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 323-339

  Jones, Diane Carlson ^a   Vigfusdottir, Thorbjorg Helga ^b   Lee, Yoonsun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Adolescent boys; Adolescent girls; Body image

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142652876     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558403258847     Document Type: Article

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