Does the Internet function like magazines? An exploration of image-focused media, eating pathology, and body dissatisfaction

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 398-401

  Bair, Carrie E ^a   Kelly, Nichole R ^a   Serdar, Kasey L ^a   Mazzeo, Suzanne E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorders; Internet; Media; Television; Thin ideal internalization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNET; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868307387     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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