Weight information labels on media models reduce body dissatisfaction in adolescent girls

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 600-606

  Veldhuis, Jolanda ^a   Konijn, Elly A ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents (Pre ); Body dissatisfaction; Intention to body change; Media effects; Social comparison with media models; Weight information labels

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MASS MEDIA; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL MARKETING; THINNESS;

EID: 84861578659     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.10.249     Document Type: Article

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