Empowerment, feminism, and self-efficacy: Relationships to body image and disordered eating

Body Image

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-67

  Kinsaul, Jessica A E ^a   Curtin, Lisa ^a   Bazzini, Doris ^a   Martz, Denise ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Disordered eating; Empowerment; Feminism; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; DISORDERED EATING; EATING DISORDER; EMPOWERMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-EFFICACY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

BODY IMAGE; DISORDERED EATING; EMPOWERMENT; FEMINISM; SELF-EFFICACY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STUDENTS; WOMEN;

EID: 84891627166     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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