Eating disordered behaviors and media exposure

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 957-966

  Carney, Tara ^a   Louw, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anorexic behaviors; Grounded theory; Ideal body type; Media use; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EATING DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENT; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33846057836     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0120-9     Document Type: Article

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