Effects of a reality TV cosmetic surgery makeover program on eating disordered attitudes and behaviors

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 390-397

  Mazzeo, Suzanne E ^a,b   Trace, Sara E ^a   Mitchell, Karen S ^a   Walker Gow, Rachel ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Cosmetic surgery media exposure; Restraint; Thin ideal

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EATING DISORDER; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CULTURE; DIET, REDUCING; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TELEVISION; THINNESS;

EID: 34250809554     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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