Body dissatisfaction in female adolescents: TV exposure and paternal comments as important correlates
Schneider, S.; Weiß, M.; Thiel, A.; Zipfel, S.; Mayer, J.; Diehl, K. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2012 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Zusammenfassung
Background: Body image distortion represents a central symptom in eating disorders like anorexia nervosa (American Psychiatric Association DSM-IV-TR). Body dissatisfaction plays a central role in the etiology of body image distortion. As eating disorders are considered to begin in adolescence – particular prevalent in girls – searching for correlates of even moderate forms of body dissatisfaction enables to identify risk groups and to initiate early prevention programs. The present study aimed at assessing the extent and the pattern of body dissatisfaction within female adolescents. Additionally, it identified p…