The Role of the Media in Body Image Concerns Among Women: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental and Correlational Studies

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 460-476

  Grabe, Shelly ^a   Ward, L Monique ^b   Hyde, Janet Shibley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

advertising; body image; human females; media; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; META ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 43049177874     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.134.3.460     Document Type: Article

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