The power of others to shape our identity: Body image, physical abilities, and body weight

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-80

  Pelican, Suzanne ^a   Heede, Fred Vanden ^a   Holmes, Betty ^a   Melcher, Linda M ^a   Wardlaw, Mary Kay ^a   Raidl, Martha ^b   Wheeler, Barbara ^c   Moore, Sylvia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Body weight; Competence; Habitus; Identity; Other people; Physical abilities; Sedimentation of experience; Self worth; Selfesteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040471935     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X05277738     Document Type: Article

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