The association between exposure to mass media and body dissatisfaction among spanish adolescents

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 390-399

  Calado, María ^a   Lameiras, María ^b   Sepulveda, Ana R ^c   Rodriguez, Yolanda ^b   Carrera, María V ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DO MEIXOEIRO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY DISSATISFACTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNALIZATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; SATISFACTION; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; TELEVISION;

EID: 80955181119     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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