Here's looking at you: Self-objectification, body image disturbance, and sorority rush

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-17

  Rolnik, Ashley Marie ^a,c   Engeln Maddox, Renee ^a   Miller, Steven A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGOSY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body shame; Eating disorders; Objectification theory; Sexual objectification; Sororities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955273089     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9745-y     Document Type: Article

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