The interplay of personality and negative comments about appearance in predicting body image

Body Image

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-273

  Kvalem, Ingela Lundin ^a   von Soest, Tilmann ^a   Roald, Helge E ^b   Skolleborg, Knut Chr ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^b Colosseumklinikken ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Body image; Negative comments; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747067351     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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