Counteracting Media's Thin-Body Ideal for Adolescent Girls: Informing Is More Effective Than Warning

Media Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 154-184

  Veldhuis, Jolanda ^a   Konijn, Elly A ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84899584379     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2013.788327     Document Type: Article

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