Negotiated media effects. Peer feedback modifies effects of media's thin-body ideal on adolescent girls

Appetite

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 172-182

  Veldhuis, Jolanda ^a   Konijn, Elly A ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Appearance schematicity; Body dissatisfaction; Media and peer influence; Objectified body consciousness; Thin body ideal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEER PRESSURE; PERCEPTION; REINFORCEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENTS; APPEARANCE SCHEMATICITY; BODY DISSATISFACTION; MEDIA AND PEER INFLUENCE; OBJECTIFIED BODY CONSCIOUSNESS; THIN-BODY IDEAL;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PEER GROUP; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF CONCEPT; THINNESS;

EID: 84889687807     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.10.023     Document Type: Article

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