Concurrent and Prospective Analyses of Peer, Television and Social Media Influences on Body Dissatisfaction, Eating Disorder Symptoms and Life Satisfaction in Adolescent Girls

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a   Muñoz, Mónica E ^a   Garza, Adolfo ^a   Galindo, Mariza ^a  

^a Texas A and M International University   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorders; Mass media; Social media; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEVISION; TEXAS;

EID: 84891625955     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9898-9     Document Type: Article

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