Adverse effects of social pressure to be thin on young women: An experimental investigation of the effects of "fat talk"

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-117

  Stice, Eric ^a   Maxfield, Jennifer ^a   Wells, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Negative affect; Social pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GUILT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY IMAGE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0038021496     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.10171     Document Type: Article

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