Dressing the body: The role of clothing in sustaining body pride and managing body distress

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-264

  Frith, Hannah ^a   Gleeson, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appearance fixing; Body appreciation; Body image; Clothing

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249106604     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14780880701752950     Document Type: Article

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