Sociocultural Appearance Standards and Risk Factors for Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Women of Various Ages

The main aim of the present study was to verify the level of impact of sociocultural appearance standards (passive awareness and active internalization) have on body dissatisfaction, the desire to engage in a relentless pursuit of thinness, the adoption of a perfectionistic attitude toward the body,...

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Main Authors: Bernadetta Izydorczyk, Katarzyna Sitnik-Warchulska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00429/full