Emotional reactions following exposure to idealized bodies predict unhealthy body change attitudes and behaviors in women and men

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 631-639

  Cahill, Sara ^a   Mussap, Alexander J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body image; Disordered eating; Exercise; Gender; Media; Muscle development; Unhealthy body change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; EATING DISORDERS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249278071     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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