Investigating the impact of pro-anorexia websites: A pilot study

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 256-262

  Bardone Cone, Anna M ^a   Cass, Kamila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Media; Negative affect; Pro anorexia; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM;

EID: 33747042741     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.714     Document Type: Article

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