The Effect of "Thin Ideal" Television Commercials on Body Dissatisfaction and Schema Activation during Early Adolescence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 367-373

  Hargreaves, Duane ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appearance schemas; Body dissatisfaction; Mass media; Thin ideal sociocultural influences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042710696     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024974015581     Document Type: Article

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