Body dissatisfaction in college women and their mothers: Cohort effects, developmental effects, and the influences of body size, Sexism, and the thin body ideal

Sex Roles

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 281-298

  Forbes, Gordon B ^a   Adams Curtis, Leah ^b   Jobe, Rebecca L ^a   White, Kay B ^a   Revak, Jessica ^a   Zivcic Becirevic, Ivanka ^c   Pokrajac Bulian, Alessandra ^c  

^a MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Illinois Central College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Generation difference; Thin body ideal

Indexed keywords

EID: 27244448104     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-5686-2     Document Type: Article

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