Relationships between self-esteem, media influence and drive for thinness

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 321-325

  Fernandez, Sofia ^a   Pritchard, Mary ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drive for thinness; Media influence; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; DRIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; THINNESS;

EID: 84868327897     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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