Social Comparison as a Predictor of Body Dissatisfaction: A Meta-Analytic Review

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 683-698

  Myers, Taryn A ^a   Crowther, Janis H ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body dissatisfaction; meta analysis; social comparison

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 72049124550     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016763     Document Type: Article

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