Meta-analyses of the effects of media images on men's body-image concerns

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-310

  Barlett, Christopher P ^a,c   Vowels, Christopher L ^b   Saucier, Donald A ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

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EID: 52549102066     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2008.27.3.279     Document Type: Article

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