The influence of communicator weight on psychoeducational message acceptance in females with high vs. low levels of body image disturbance

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 247-258

  Sperry, Steffanie ^a   Thompson, J Kevin ^a   Roehrig, Megan ^a   Vandello, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Communicator weight; Eating disturbance; Thin ideal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COUNSELING; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; JOB APPLICATION; PREJUDICE; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 18144389858     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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