Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: Effects on social comparison and body dissatisfaction

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-53

  Tiggemann, Marika ^a   Slater, Amy ^a   Bury, Belinda ^a   Hawkins, Kimberley ^a   Firth, Bonny ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advertisements; Body dissatisfaction; Fashion magazines; Media; Social comparison; Warning labels

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CLOTHING; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; CLOTHING; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STUDENTS; THINNESS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871647532     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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