Does Barbie make girls want to be thin? the effect of experimental exposure to images of dolls on the body image of 5- to 8-year-old girls

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-292

  Dittmar, Helga ^a   Halliwell, Emma ^b   Ive, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actual ideal figure discrepancies; Barbie; Body esteem; Body image; Young girls

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VISION;

BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645673338     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.2.283     Document Type: Article

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