Body image, appearance self-schema, and media images

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-51

  Jung, Jaehee ^a   Lennon, Sharron J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appearance self schema; Body image; Media images; Mood; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847368992     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X03255900     Document Type: Article

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