Looking Fat or Being Bad? Effects of Body Size and Eating Style on Peer Evaluation in Adolescents

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 579-587

  Gerrits, Joanne ^a   De Ridder, Denise T D ^a   De Wit, John ^a   Kuijer, Roeline ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 79952827899     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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