The longitudinal interplay of adolescents' self-esteem and body image: A conditional autoregressive latent trajectory analysis

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-201

  Morin, Alexandre J S ^a   Maïano, Christophe ^b   Marsh, Herbert W ^c   Janosz, Michel ^d   Nagengast, Benjamin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 79957617134     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2010.546731     Document Type: Article

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