Meta-analytic moderators of experimental exposure to media portrayals of women on female appearance satisfaction: Social comparisons as automatic processes

Body Image

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 257-269

  Want, Stephen C ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appearance satisfaction; Body image; Media; Meta analysis; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BODY IMAGE; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; THINNESS;

EID: 69449091124     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2009.07.008     Document Type: Review

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