A cross-cultural evaluation of a multidimensional and hierarchical model of physical self-perceptions in three national samples

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1075-1107

  Hagger, Martin S ^a   Asçi, F Hülya ^b   Lindwall, Magnus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 4944240000     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb02584.x     Document Type: Article

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