Gender role development and body image among male and female first year college students

Sex Roles

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 25-37

  Gillen, Meghan M ^a   Lefkowitz, Eva S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; College students; Gender roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845434257     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9057-4     Document Type: Article

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