Individual and sociocultural influences on pre-adolescent girls' appearance schemas and body dissatisfaction

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-175

  Sinton, Meghan M ^a   Birch, Leann L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appearance schemas; Body dissatisfaction; Pre adolescent girls; Sociocultural influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744817361     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-005-9007-4     Document Type: Article

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