Objective Undertake a meta-analysis to provide a quantitative synthesis of longitudinal
studies that assessed the direction of effects between eating pathology and depression. A …

This meta-analysis synthesized longitudinal data on mean-level change in body image,
focusing on the constructs of body satisfaction and dissatisfaction, body esteem, perceived …

Initial research suggested that only European American women developed eating disorders
(Garner, 1993), yet recent studies have shown that African American women do experience …

Social comparison (ie, body, eating, exercise) and body surveillance were tested as
mediators of the thin-ideal internalization-body dissatisfaction relationship in the context of …

In the last two decades, the number of studies focused on the mediators connecting insecure
attachment with Eating Disorders (EDs), at both clinical and sub-clinical level, has …

Body dissatisfaction constitutes an important factor in the development of eating pathologies,
particularly among dancers. The aim of this research was to test the factors that dancers …

The purpose of our study was to extend tenets of objectification theory to a sample of 278
undergraduate African American women. We hypothesized that internalized multiculturally …

Female athletes have been identified as a population at risk for disordered eating, and a
recent theoretical model (Petrie & Greenleaf, in press) has identified sociocultural factors …

Body dissatisfaction is a common problem among adolescent girls that is linked to serious
outcomes, including the development of eating disorders. This study tested to what degree …

INTRODUCTION: Peer influence is considered a global construct, although the effects of its
various dimensions on body dissatisfaction and dieting via internalisation of the thin ideal …