Exploring the integration of thin-ideal internalization and self-objectification in the prevention of eating disorders

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-25

  Kroon Van Diest, Ashley M ^a   Perez, Marisol ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorders; Prevention; Self objectification; Thin ideal internalization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; CULTURE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871670124     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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