Attractive celebrity and peer images on Instagram: Effect on women's mood and body image

Body Image

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-43

  Brown, Zoe ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body image; Celebrity; Instagram; Media; Peer; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; PUBLIC FIGURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAVEL; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; EMOTION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; EMOTIONS; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENTS; THINNESS; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84984972899     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.08.007     Document Type: Article

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