Sociocultural pressures, thin-ideal internalization, self-objectification, and body dissatisfaction: Could feminist beliefs be a moderating factor?

Body Image

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 296-308

  Myers, Taryn A ^a   Crowther, Janis H ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Feminist beliefs; Self objectification; Thin ideal internalization; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MASS MEDIUM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CULTURE; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MASS MEDIA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; THINNESS;

EID: 34547702854     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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