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Portnoy, Enid J.; Stobbe, Barbara – 1988
To examine older women's appearance self-perceptions, a study surveyed two groups of older and younger subjects. The control group consisted of 93 female undergraduate students at a state university in West Virginia. The test group consisted of 85 non-institutionalized females aged 55 to 93, from senior centers, craft groups, church groups, and…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Clothing, College Students, Communication Research
Download full textBrand, Lori; Hong, Luoluo – 1997
Until recently, understanding about women's health has been traditionally mediated by the medical model, which tends to regard each health problem in a vacuum. Such an approach ignored important considerations, such as body image. In an effort to explore this health factor, a review of the literature regarding women's health and its relation to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Cultural Influences, Dating (Social)
