Role of television in adolescent women's body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-203

  Tiggemann, Marika ^a   Pickering, Amanda S ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; TELEVISION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION; THINNESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029809896     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199609)20:2<199::AID-EAT11>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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