Being proud of oneself as a person or being proud of one's physical appearance: What matters for feeling well in adolescence?

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-268

  Seidah, Amélie ^a   Bouffard, Thérèse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Appearance satisfaction; Global self esteem; Perceived competence; Physical appearance; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247207514     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.2.255     Document Type: Article

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