Media literacy as a prevention intervention for college women at low- or high-risk for eating disorders

Body Image

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-43

  Coughlin, Janelle W ^a   Kalodner, Cynthia ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Eating disorders; Internalization; Media literacy; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344472430     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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