Self esteem among rural adolescent girls in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh

Anthropologist

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-154

  Nagar, Shipra ^a   Sharma, Shubhangna ^b   Chopra, Goldy ^b  

^a CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Rural; Self concept; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449145640     PISSN: 09720073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2008.11891041     Document Type: Article

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