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Images and Ideals: Counselling Women and Girls in a "Thin-is-in" Culture
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Saraceni, Reana; Russell-Mayhew, Shelly – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 2007
Two well-cited studies (Garner, Garfinkel, Schwartz & Thompson, 1980; Wiseman, Gray, Mosimann, & Ahrens, 1992) examined the changing body shape of Playboy centrefolds from 1959 to 1988 and noted that their body weights were significantly lower than those of the average female. The current study updates and examines changes in body measurements and…
Descriptors: Females, Counseling, Body Weight, Body Composition