Parental Bonds, Anxious Attachment, Media Internalization, and Body Image Dissatisfaction: Exploring a Mediation Model

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-375

  Cheng, Hsiu Lan ^a   Mallinckrodt, Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

adult attachment; body image dissatisfaction; media influence; parental bonds

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650163889     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015067     Document Type: Article

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