Appearance Investment and Everyday Interpersonal Functioning: An Experience Sampling Study

Nicholas R. Forand; Kathleen C. Gunthert; Ramaris E. German; Susan J. Wenze

Psychology of Women Quarterly Vol. 34, No. 3 (September 2010) pp. 380–393

Several studies have shown that body satisfaction affects interpersonal functioning. However, few have studied the specific interpersonal correlates of another important body image dimension, appearance investment--that is, the importance a woman...