The Selfie Generation: Examining the Relationship Between Social Media Use and Early Adolescent Body Image

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 539-560

  Salomon, Ilyssa ^a   Brown, Christia Spears ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

body image; early adolescents; self monitoring; self objectification; social media

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GIRL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF MONITORING; SELF REPORT; SHAME; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85063162143     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431618770809     Document Type: Article

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