Contextualizing the “Student Body”: Is Exposure to Older Students Associated With Body Dissatisfaction in Female Early Adolescents?

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 171-181

  Strauss, Jaine ^a   Sullivan, Jacklyn M ^b   Sullivan, Christine E ^b   Sullivan, Stephen J ^c   Wittenberg, Chloe E ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b General Douglas MacArthur High School   (United States)

^c Lawrence High School   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent development; body image; objectification; peer relations; school environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930347843     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684314550407     Document Type: Article

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