| Title |
Impact of today's media on university student's body image in Pakistan: a conservative, developing country's perspective
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, May 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-11-379 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Amad N Khan, Salema Khalid, Hussain I Khan, Mehnaz Jabeen |
| Abstract |
Living in a world greatly controlled by mass media makes it impossible to escape its pervading influence. As media in Pakistan has been free in the true sense of the word for only a few years, its impact on individuals is yet to be assessed. Our study aims to be the first to look at the effect media has on the body image of university students in a conservative, developing country like Pakistan. Also, we introduced the novel concept of body image dissatisfaction as being both negative and positive. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 115 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 19 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 19 | 16% |
| Unknown | 29 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 18 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 10% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 7 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 22 | 19% |
| Unknown | 34 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
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#3,153
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#41
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