Sociocultural predictors of physical appearance concerns among adolescent girls and young women from China

Sex Roles

Volumn 58, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 402-411

  Jackson, Todd ^a,b   Chen, Hong ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; People's Republic of China; Physical appearance concern; Sociocultural pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549116242     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9342-x     Document Type: Article

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