The effect of viewing ultra-fit images on college women's body dissatisfaction

Body Image

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-56

  Homan, Kristin ^a   McHugh, Erin ^a   Wells, Daniel ^a   Watson, Corrinne ^a   King, Carolyn ^a  

^a GROVE CITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic ideal; Body dissatisfaction; College women; Experiment; Internalization; Media exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84355161740     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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