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Direct linkRachel I. MacIntyre – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Body dissatisfaction is associated with numerous health consequences and is pervasive among college women. Effective interventions exist that reduce body dissatisfaction in college women by helping them resist sociocultural pressures to conform to the appearance ideal, such as the Body Project. Yet research is limited on whether social and…
Descriptors: Human Body, Body Composition, Self Concept, College Students
Peer reviewedAgras, W. Stewart; Bryson, Susan; Hammer, Lawrence D.; Kraemer, Helena C. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: Thin body preoccupation and social pressure to be thin (TBPSP) in adolescence are risk factors for the development of full and partial bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. This study examined precursors of these potent risk factors. Method: A prospective study followed 134 children from birth to 11.0 years and their parents.…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Psychopathology, Prevention, Behavior Modification
