Women's perceptions of their bodies: Discrepancies between self-appraisals and reflected appraisals

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1139-1163

  Quinlivan, Erin ^a   Leary, Mark R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 31144446927     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: 07367236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2005.24.8.1139     Document Type: Article

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