Media images, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in adolescent women

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-123

  Andrist, Linda C ^a  

^a MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Eating disorders; Media and body image; Self objectification theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIET; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; NURSING; REVIEW; STARVATION; BODY IMAGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037799139     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200303000-00014     Document Type: Review

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