Sociocultural and Individual Psychological Predictors of Body Image in Young Girls: A Prospective Study

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1124-1134

  Clark, Levina ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

appearance schemas; autonomy; body image; internalization of appearance ideals; sociocultural influences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION;

BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INDIVIDUATION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; THINNESS;

EID: 47249118483     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.4.1124     Document Type: Article

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