Globalization and eating disorder risk: Peer influence, perceived social norms, and adolescent disordered eating in Fiji

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 727-737

  Gerbasi, Margaret E ^a   Richards, Lauren K ^b   Thomas, Jennifer J ^a,c   Agnew Blais, Jessica C ^d   Thompson Brenner, Heather ^b   Gilman, Stephen E ^c,d   Becker, Anne E ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; cultural; Fiji; globalization; peer influence; social norms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDER EXAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PEER PRESSURE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT CONTROL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL NORM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL NORMS;

EID: 84916927680     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22349     Document Type: Article

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