The internet and adolescent girls' weight satisfaction and drive for thinness

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-90

  Tiggemann, Marika ^a   Miller, Jessica ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body image; Internalization of thin ideals; Internet exposure; Media exposure; Tripartite influence model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955280195     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9789-z     Document Type: Article

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