Social Comparison and the 'Circle of Objectification'

Sex Roles

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 222-235

  Lindner, Danielle ^a   Tantleff Dunn, Stacey ^a   Jentsch, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Disordered eating; Objectification theory; Social comparison theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863113433     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-012-0175-x     Document Type: Article

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