Media exposure, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in middle-aged women: A test of the sociocultural model of disordered eating

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 617-627

  Slevec, Julie ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aging (attitudes toward); body image; eating behavior; eating disorders; mass media; midlife; physical appearance; self concept; social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655167423     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684311420249     Document Type: Article

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