"the female may feel male:" Defending against the adverse consequences of exposure to idealized media images

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 778-808

  Häfner, Michael ^a   Jagsch, Odile ^b   Kund, Anja ^b   Mager, Sonja ^b   Pereira, Philippe Türk ^b   Zimmermann, Anja ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 61449256107     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2008.27.8.778     Document Type: Article

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