Online violence: Not beautiful enough... not thin enough. Anorectic testimonials in the web

PsychNology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 169-186

  Castro, Teresa Sofia ^a   Osório, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Blog; Children; Eating disorders; Family; Internet; Pro anorexia; Teenagers; Thinspiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874674658     PISSN: 17207525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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