"It's Just Easier Not to Go to School": Adolescent Girls and Disengagement in Middle School
- ISBN-10
- 0820467626
- ISBN-13
- 9780820467627
- Category
- Body image in adolescence
- Pages
- 163
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Peter Lang
- Author
- Lori Olafson
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