Promoting body positivity through stories: How protagonist body size and esteem influence readers’ self-concepts
- 1 September 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Body Image
- Vol. 42, 315-326
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.07.005
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Funding Information
- University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Chapman University
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