'What you look like is such a big factor': Girls' own reflections about the appearance culture in an all-girls' school

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-316

  Carey, Renee N ^a   Donaghue, Ngaire ^a   Broderick, Pia ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

appearance culture; body image; dieting; peer influence; thin ideal

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961181316     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353510369893     Document Type: Article

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