What does viewing a pro-anorexia website do? An experimental examination of website exposure and moderating effects

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 537-548

  Bardone Cone, Anna M ^a   Cass, Kamila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Behavioral expectations; Cognitions; Internet; Pro anorexia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; CLOTHING; COGNITION; EXERCISE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; NEGATIVE AFFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; COGNITION; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548100035     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20396     Document Type: Article

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