Prevalence of eating disturbance and body image dissatisfaction in young girls: An examination of the variance across racial and socioeconomic groups

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 767-775

  Delee, Marissa L ^a   Hughes, Tammy L ^b   Miller, Jeffrey A ^b   Hipwell, Alison ^c   Theodore, Lea A ^d  

^a Allegheny Intermediate Unit   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d The College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 76749154498     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20415     Document Type: Article

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