Relationships amongst body dissatisfaction, internalisation of the media body ideal and perceived pressure from media in adolescent girls and boys

Body Image

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 353-360

  Knauss, Christine ^a,b   Paxton, Susan J ^a   Alsaker, Françoise D ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body dissatisfaction; Gender differences; Internalization; Pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CONTROL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 35448985419     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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