Does the camera add 10 pounds? Media use, perceived importance of appearance, and weight concerns among teenage girls

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-41

  Borzekowski, Dina L G ^a   Robinson, Thomas N ^a   Killen, Joel D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Appearance; Females; Media; Music videos; Television; Weight concerns

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSIC; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEVISION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0033987290     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(99)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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