Media Exposure, Extracurricular Activities, and Appearance-Related Comments as Predictors of Female Adolescents’ Self-Objectification

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 375-389

  Slater, Amy ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescent development; body image; eating disorders; interpersonal influences; media exposure; objectification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938589449     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684314554606     Document Type: Article

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