Longitudinal relationships among internalization of the media ideal, peer social comparison, and body dissatisfaction: Implications for the tripartite influence model

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 706-713

  Rodgers, Rachel F ^a,b   McLean, Siân A ^c   Paxton, Susan J ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Media internalization; Social appearance comparison; Thin ideal internalization; Tripartite

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASS MEDIA; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84928535519     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000013     Document Type: Article

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