Gender and Age Group Differences in Mass Media and Interpersonal Influences on Body Dissatisfaction Among Chinese Adolescents

Sex Roles

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 3-20

  Chen, Hong ^a   Jackson, Todd ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Appearance pressure; Body dissatisfaction; China; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155172723     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-0056-8     Document Type: Article

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