When appearance concerns make women look bad: Solo status and body image concerns diminish women's academic performance

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-86

  Kiefer, Amy ^a   Sekaquaptewa, Denise ^a   Barczyk, Amanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Gender stereotypes; Solo status; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644431942     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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