Dysfunctional eating behaviors, anxiety, and depression in Italian boys and girls: the role of mass media

Objective: Extensive research has implicated identification with characters in mass media in the emergence of disordered eating behavior in adolescents. We explored the possible influence of the models offered by television (TV) on adolescents’ body image, body uneasiness, eating-disordered behavior...

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Main Authors: Barbara Barcaccia, Viviana Balestrini, Angelo M. Saliani, Roberto Baiocco, Francesco Mancini, Barry H. Schneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2017-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462017005018101&lng=en&tlng=en