The body electric: thin-ideal media and eating disorders in adolescents
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The Body Electric: Thin-Ideal Media and Eating Disorders in Adolescents
The aim of this study was to replicate survey research demonstrating a correlation between adults’ thin-ideal media exposure and eating disorders (Harrison & Cantor, 1997) with a sample of 366 adolescents. Measures included interest in bodyimprovement media content, exposure to thin-ideal television and magazines, exposure to fat-character television, exposure to sports magazines, and eating-di...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Communication
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0021-9916,1460-2466
DOI: 10.1093/joc/50.3.119