Locus of control, television viewing, and eating disorder symptomatology in young females

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 307-311

  Fouts, Gregory ^a   Vaughan, Kimberley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY BUILD; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BELIEF; TELEVISION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; NORTH AMERICA; TELEVISION;

EID: 0036594566     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.2002.0472     Document Type: Article

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