Third-person effects of idealized body image in magazine advertisements

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-164

  Choi, Yoonhyeung ^a   Leshner, Glenn ^b   Choi, Jounghwa ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Porter Novelli   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertisement; Body image; Third person perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849130848     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764208321348     Document Type: Article

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