Black Beauty: Skin Color and Body Images among African‐American College Women

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1992, Pages 874-888

  Bond, Selena ^a   Cash, Thomas F ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84991168595     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1992.tb00930.x     Document Type: Article

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