NetGirls: The internet, facebook, and body image concern in adolescent girls

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 630-633

  Tiggemann, Marika ^a   Slater, Amy ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescents; body image; drive for thinness; Facebook; Internet; media exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84883154729     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22141     Document Type: Article

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