Exposure to 'ideal' facial images reduces facial satisfaction: An experimental study

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 410-418

  Newton, J Timothy ^a   Minhas, Gursharan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body image; Facial satisfaction; Mass media; Psychology; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; DENTAL CARE; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; ORAL SURGERY; ORTHODONTICS; RANDOMIZATION; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FACE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MASS MEDIA; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SURGERY, ORAL;

EID: 33644692517     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2005.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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