Social comparison, ethnicity, body image, and media exposure to thin-ideal models: an experimental study
Social comparison theory offers a useful conceptual framework to understand how mainstream American sociocultural values of appearance may shape the development of body image disturbance and eating disorders. Some experimental research demonstrates that women report significantly greater increases i...
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Language: | en_US |
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2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1856 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1856 |