Aspects of the media and their relevance to bulimic attitudes and tendencies among female college students

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-250

  O'Riordan, Siobhan S ^a   Zamboanga, Byron L ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulimia Nervosa; Eating disorders; Media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; COLLEGE STUDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STUDENTS; TELEVISION;

EID: 40149089081     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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