The UCLA body project I: Gender and ethnic differences in self-objectification and body satisfaction among 2,206 undergraduates

Sex Roles

Volumn 57, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 317-327

  Frederick, David A ^a   Forbes, Gordon B ^b   Grigorian, Kristina E ^a   Jarcho, Johanna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Ethnicity; Objectification

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548256457     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9251-z     Document Type: Article

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