Body dissatisfaction and patterns of media use among preadolescent children

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-54

  Jung, Jaehee ^a   Peterson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Media use; Preadolescent children

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249153344     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X07303486     Document Type: Article

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