"Exercise to be fit, not skinny": The effect of fitspiration imagery on women's body image

Body Image

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-67

  Tiggemann, Marika ^a   Zaccardo, Mia ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body image; Fitspiration; Instagram; Media; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; EMOTIONS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STUDENTS; THINNESS; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942513039     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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