Looking for an accurate mirror: A model for the relationship between media use and anorexia

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-134

  Williams, Marleen S ^a   Thomsen, Steven R ^a   McCoy, J Kelly ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Anorexic behaviors; Media use; Thin ideal female stereotype

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 0037742328     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-0153(03)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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