Social network media exposure and adolescent eating pathology in Fiji

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-50

  Becker, Anne E ^a   Fay, Kristen E ^b   Agnew Blais, Jessica ^c   Khan, A Nisha ^d   Striegel Moore, Ruth H ^e   Gilman, Stephen E ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health   (Fiji)

^e WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MASS MEDIUM; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PEER GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CHANGE; STUDENTS; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651497069     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.078675     Document Type: Article

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