Television viewing and adolescent females' body dissatisfaction: The mediating role of opposite sex expectations

Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-357

  Eggermont, Steven ^a   Beullens, Kathleen ^a   Van Den Bulck, Jan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attractiveness; Body satisfaction; Television viewing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547534307     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/comm.2005.30.3.343     Document Type: Review

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