Reality check: An experimental investigation of the addition of warning labels to fashion magazine images on women's mood and body dissatisfaction

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-122

  Slater, Amy ^a   Tiggeman, Marika ^a   Firth, Bonny ^a   Hawkins, Kimberley ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84866035127     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2012.31.2.105     Document Type: Article

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