Internalization of the thin and muscular body ideal and disordered eating in adolescence: The mediation effects of body esteem

Body Image

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-75

  Flament, Martine F ^a   Hill, Erin M ^b   Buchholz, Annick ^c   Henderson, Katherine ^c   Tasca, Giorgio A ^a   Goldfield, Gary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body esteem; Body image; Disordered eating; Sociocultural influences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; DIET, REDUCING; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOTYPES; THINNESS;

EID: 84355162210     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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