Who is most likely to fat talk? A social comparison perspective

Body Image

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 528-531

  Corning, Alexandra F ^a   Gondoli, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Drive for thinness; Fat talk; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DRIVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DRIVE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; THINNESS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866885352     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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