Intense-personal celebrity worship and body image: Evidence of a link among female adolescents

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-32

  Maltby, John ^a   Giles, David C ^b   Barber, Louise ^c   McCutcheon, Lynn E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DEVRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION TO BODY SHAPE SCALE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SHAPE QUESTIONNAIRE; CELEBRITY ATTITUDE SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 13944253636     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910704X15257     Document Type: Article

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