The developmental effects of media-ideal internalization and self-objectification processes on adolescents’ negative body-feelings, dietary restraint, and binge eating

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 997-1010

  Dakanalis, Antonios ^a   Carrà, Giuseppe ^b   Calogero, Rachel ^c   Fida, Roberta ^d   Clerici, Massimo ^e   Zanetti, Maria Assunta ^a   Riva, Giuseppe ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^g ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Binge eating; Body image; Media ideal internalization; Objectification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIA IDEAL INTERNALIZATION; SELF ESTEEM; SELF OBJECTIFICATION; SHAME; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ADVERTIZING; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDER; GENDER IDENTITY; MASS MEDIUM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BINGE-EATING DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL VALUES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938742007     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-014-0649-1     Document Type: Article

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