Effects of exposure to information about appearance stereotyping and discrimination on women's body images

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-58

  Rand, Colleen S W ^a,c   Wright, Beatrice A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image evaluations; College women; Physical attractiveness

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 0035164584     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-108X(200101)29:1<51::AID-EAT8>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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