An examination of the relation of gender, mass media influence, and loneliness to disordered eating among college students

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages

  Wright, A ^a   Pritchard, Mary E ^a  

^a Boise State University   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Disordered eating; Gender; Loneliness; Mass media influence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; BODY IMAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77449112664     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327813     Document Type: Article

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