Does Media Type Matter? The Role of Identification in Adolescent Girls' Media Consumption and the Impact of Different Thin-Ideal Media on Body Image

Sex Roles

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 478-490

  Bell, Beth Teresa ^a   Dittmar, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Media consumption; Thin ideal

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053567506     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-9964-x     Document Type: Article

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