Examining "fat talk" experimentally in a female dyad: How are women influenced by another woman's body presentation style?

Body Image

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-164

  Tucker, Katheryn L ^a   Martz, Denise M ^a   Curtin, Lisa A ^a   Bazzini, Doris G ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image impression management; Fat talk; Female conformity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; THINNESS;

EID: 34249721337     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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