Young girls' eating attitudes and body image dissatisfaction: Associations with communication and modeling

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-232

  Kichler, Jessica C ^a,b   Crowther, Janis H ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MS 750 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body image dissatisfaction; Eating attitudes and behaviors; Preadolescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849260799     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431608320121     Document Type: Article

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