Does self esteem moderate the relation between gender and weight preoccupation in undergraduates?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 224-227

  Pritchard, Mary ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Gender; Self esteem; Weight preoccupation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954216709     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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