The interplay among attachment orientation, idealized media images of women, and body dissatisfaction: A social psychological analysis

The Psychology of Entertainment Media: Blurring the Lines Between Entertainment and Persuasion

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 291-308

  Greenwood, Dara N ^a   Pietromonaco, Paula R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410609366     Document Type: Chapter

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