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Organizational Communication Commons

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Geography

Journal

2016

Peergroup pressure, eating disorder behavior symptoms, rational choice theory, social comparisson process

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Kelompok Sebaya Dan Perilaku Makan Menyimpang Remaja Sma Di Jakarta, Rizky Ibrahim Isra Jul 2016

Kelompok Sebaya Dan Perilaku Makan Menyimpang Remaja Sma Di Jakarta, Rizky Ibrahim Isra

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

This article discusses the correlation between peer group pressure and eating disorder behavior symptoms in Jakarta Senior High School students. Many of studies talk about it, but the discussion about eating disorder behavior on sociology was rarely found. In this article, sex was used as a control variable while many of studies only focused on the woman. The earlier studies that only focused on female have a lack of peer group influence analysis because it is biased. Therefore the author argues that peer group pressure influences the emergence of eating disorder behavior symptoms not only to female students but also …