An Object Hiding Behind the Screen: The Relationship Between Body Surveillance and Internet Addiction Among Chinese Women.
Women often monitor their bodies to meet societal standards of beauty. However, researchers have yet to test how this tendency may be associated with various psychological problems, especially those related to computer and Internet usage. In the current study, we examined whether body surveillance m...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 1679 - 1694 |
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