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Exploratory Analysis
FCS 321, Fall 2010
Abstract/ Critique Number 1

Jordan Laakso
9/27/2010

Citation: Turner, Sherry L.; Hamilton, Heather; Jacobs, Meija; Angood, Laurie M.; Dwyer, Deane Hovde. (1997). The Influence of Fashion Magazines on the Body Image Satisfaction of College Women: An Exploratory Analysis. Adolescence. 32 (127): 603-614.

Abstract:
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to find a relationship between the images portrayed in fashion magazines, and how those images affect women’s personal satisfaction about their bodies.

Methodology: To complete this study, 49 college women were examined based off of two experimental conditions. The women were randomly

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