Adolescents' body-tanning behaviours: Influences of gender, body mass index, sociocultural attitudes towards appearance and body satisfaction

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-366

  Yoo, Jeong Ju ^a   Kim, Hye Young ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body satisfaction; Body tanning; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867346177     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2011.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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