The developmental and cultural contexts of objectified body consciousness: A longitudinal analysis of two cohorts of women

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 679-687

  McKinley, Nita Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Feminism; Human females; Longitudinal studies; Objectified body consciousness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW CALORY DIET; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; STUDENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; STUDENTS;

EID: 33746358174     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.4.679     Document Type: Article

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