Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes in 7- to 11-year-old girls: Testing a sociocultural model

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-15

  Evans, Elizabeth H ^a   Tovée, Martin J ^b   Boothroyd, Lynda G ^a   Drewett, Robert F ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Child; Eating; Thin ideal internalization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; EATING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84871640881     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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