Talking back to the media ideal: The development and validation of the critical processing of beauty images scale

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-171

  Engeln Maddox, Renee ^a   Miller, Steven A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43149122888     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2008.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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