Sociocultural approach to anorexia
Many people automatically assume that anorexia is a social disorder - that is, the result of social and cultural factors. But how strong is the evidence that anorexia may be the result of media and modern pressure to "look beautiful?" The sociocultural approach proposes two main theories of the etiology of anorexia. Social Cognitive theory argues that we learn behavior from our society by observing the behavior of...