The effect of priming materialism on women's responses to thin-ideal media

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 514-533

  Ashikali, Eleni Marina ^a   Dittmar, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MASS MEDIUM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE STYLE; MASS MEDIA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; THINNESS; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870704547     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02020.x     Document Type: Article

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