Body dissatisfaction in adolescent boys and girls: Objectified body consciousness, internalization of the media body ideal and perceived pressure from media

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 633-643

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

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescent boys and girls; Body dissatisfaction; Internalization; Objectified body consciousness; Pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349107621     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9474-7     Document Type: Article

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