Sociocultural correlates of compulsive exercise: Is the environment important in fostering a compulsivity towards exercise among adolescents?

Sociocultural factors hypothesised to be influential in eating disorders were assessed for their relationship with compulsive exercise. A sample of 828 adolescent boys and girls completed measures assessing sociocultural messages to change body shape as well as pressure to be thin, and also measures...

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Main Authors: Huw Goodwin, Emma Haycraft, Caroline Meyer
Format: Default Article
Published: 2011
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Other health sciences not elsewhere classified
Socio-cultural
Environment
Compulsive exercise
Eating disorders
Media
Muscularity
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/11251
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