Body morph: Feasibility testing of an interactive CD-ROM to teach young adolescents about puberty

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1015-1021

  Cousineau, Tara M ^a,b,c   Franko, Debra L ^a,d,e   Green, Traci C ^b   Watt, Meredith ^c   Rancourt, Diana ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology ^*

^c INFLEXXION INC   (United States)

^d Harvard Eating Disorders Center   (United States)

^e WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence education; Body image CD Rom; Multimedia; Puberty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751087772     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-006-9056-3     Document Type: Article

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