Heterosocial involvement, peer pressure for thinness, and body dissatisfaction among young adolescent girls

Body Image

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-148

  Gondoli, Dawn M ^a   Corning, Alexandra F ^a   Blodgett Salafia, Elizabeth H ^a   Bucchianeri, Michaela M ^a   Fitzsimmons, Ellen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Girls; Mixed sex interactions; Peer relations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; THINNESS;

EID: 79953030269     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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