Disordered eating, socio-cultural media influencers, body image, and psychological factors among a racially/ethnically diverse population of college women

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-41

  Quick, Virginia M ^a   Byrd Bredbenner, Carol ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; College; Disordered eating; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

BODY IMAGE; COLLEGE; DISORDERED EATING; WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EATING; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887563038     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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