Comparison of the ideal and real body as women age: Relationships to age identity, body satisfaction and importance, and attention to models in advertising

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-210

  Kozar, Joy M ^a   Damhorst, Mary Lynn ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Mass media; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; FASHION; SOCIAL SCIENCE;

EID: 70349202986     PISSN: 0887302X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887302X08326351     Document Type: Article

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