“I love my bones!”1 – self-harm and dangerous eating youth behaviours in Portuguese written blogs

Young Consumers

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 321-330

  Sofia Castro, Teresa ^a   José Osório, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body image; Internet; Peer pressure; Portugal; Pro anorexia; Thinspiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993012759     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/YC-03-2013-00351     Document Type: Article

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