Investing in the ideal: Does objectified body consciousness mediate the association between appearance contingent self-worth and appearance self-esteem in women?

Body Image

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-125

  Noser, Amy ^a   Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appearance; Body image; Contingent; Objectified; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPEARANCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CONTINGENT; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; OBJECTIFIED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ESTEEM; SHAME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

APPEARANCE; BODY IMAGE; CONTINGENT; OBJECTIFIED; SELF-ESTEEM;

ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896491550     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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