McKesson Health Solutions. "Body Dysmorphic Disorder." Comp. RelayHealth. Clinical Reference Systems (2010). Health and Wellness Resource Center. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. Clinical Reference Systems article that they released, "Body Dysmorphic Disorder," explains that the disease BDD is an anxiety disorder that morphs the way people view their bodies and how they develop the disease. The author develops their explanation by giving the definition of the disease and the symptoms and reactions that come with the disease and citing his sources. The author wrote this article to enlighten the population about the unknown disease in order to help those who have the disease cope, or to diagnose someone who wasn't sure before. The audience is anyone who is self-conscious about their body, who may have the disease and want to know or anyone else for that matter because the writing style is easy to follow and he writes to where a teenager could understand. The source explains what BDD is and what the symptoms are and more about this fairly unknown disease. The author seems to know what he is talking about and the source seems credible and truthful, though lacking some hard facts. The source can be used later on to show that body image is not just a social thing, but that neurological things can affect the way people see themselves and they cannot control it.

Price, Bob. "Body Image in Adolescents: Insights and Implications." Paediatric Nursing 21.5 (2009). Health and Wellness Resource Center. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. Bob Price, in his journal article, "Body Image in Adolescents: Insights and Implications," explains the way kids think about their bodies and how nurses and specialists should interact and treat them. He dos this by using in text citations to other journals and articles and by having a varying perspective on what factors might cause the body issues. The author wants the article to help nurses understand the teens and give some ways of how the body image effects teens, so nurses and the kids themselves will know how to act and to be able to get help and fix their problem faster and more efficiently. The intended audience would be nurses and the teens themselves which can be inferred by reading how he addresses the reader and by the examples and diction he uses. The source is an overview of what factors effect the outlook on the body and how this issue can be dealt with. The author seems to relate to the nurses and he seems also sensitive to the views of the students and he actually gives off an air of wanting to help them. The source can be used to identify certain factors of why a person is not happy with themselves and then shows what can be done to guide them through their trials and to be able to help them to find a healthy body image.

Ferron, Christine. "Body image in adolescence: Cross-cultural research -- Results.." Adolescence 32.127 (1997): 735. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. Christine Ferron, in her article, "Body image in adolescence: Cross-cultural research," suggests that a negative outlook on body image could have something to do with the ethnicity of the adolescent. The author backs up her argument with the results she performed with cross-cultural students and a survey she had them take along with citations from other source where she took her knowledge from. The author says that ethnicity of the person and their friends has something to do with how they see themselves in order to show that social interactions are not the problem, but that ethnicity is, something that kids cannot control. She is addressing other researchers in this area by using large words, but also specialists in this field by calling for a change in the way body image problems are addressed. The source is all about how ethnicity is a factor that effects body image and how not enough people believe that. The author seems to know a lot about the subject, considering she is of ethnicity. She relates to the subjects of the tests. The source is easier to understand than others on this topic. The source will be used as another factor that contributes to a negative or changed self-image.

McCabe, Marita P., and Lina A. Ricciardelli. "Socioculture Influences on Body Image and Body Changes Among Adolescent Boys and Girls" Journal of Social Psychology 143.1 (2003): 5. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. Marita P. McCabe and Lina A. Ricciardelli in their journal article, "Socioculture Influences on Body Image and Body Changes Among Adolescent Boys and Girls," argue that social things like family, friends, and media influence the way adolescent teens feel about their body. Thye argue their claim by providing the lab reports for different studies they did on how guys and girls felt and a multitude of outside sources they used. The authors performed their experiments and wrote their general discussion of the issue in order to provide proof for what effects the way kids feel about their bodies. The intended audience for this source would be parents or other scholars who are interested in this topic because the language is elevated and the math and calculations they use are advanced. This journal study of the social influences that have effects on how kids react to their bodies explains that it is social things like parents and friends and media that effect the way an adolescent looks at their body. The source is very scholarly and it has a lot of credibility since two professors performed the studies. The general discussion from this source will be used, as will the data they received from doing the studies as pure facts for why social factors create the warped sense of the body.

Ransohoff, Julia. "Teens and the Media-Stereotypes." Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. Julia Ransohoff, a high school student writer, in her article "Teens and the Media," suggests that the media effects the way students view their bodies and that psychological disorders have nothing to do with it. The author supports her claims by paraphrasing Common Sense Media and using statistics and her own personal opinions. Ransohoff writes about how media portrays perfect bodies and that certain groups are more susceptible to feel bad about their bodies due to this in order to help high school students be aware that stereotypes that the media portray are not realistic. The author is writing to high school students or teenagers in general by her use of common speech and by talking to the reader directly. This source is written by a high school corespondent who explains that that the characters on TV or billboards and such are not realistic and bodies are not supposed to be perfect. The author Julia Ransohoff understands what high school students are immersed in and she writes as if she knows we are reading. The source she used, Common Sense Media seems a bit sketchy, but that's from a cursory glance. This research will be used in my source for the statistics and as an example from an actual high school student dealing with this issue.

Pham, Thailan. "TEENAGE PLASTIC SURGERY." People 73.13 (2010): 107. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. Thailan Pham, in her article in People Magazine called, "Teenage Plastic Surgery," explains how teenagers are undergoing plastic surgery to fix the way they look. The author supports her statement by having testimonials from teens who have gone under the knife and what they say about their life afterward, as well as having an inset about whether surgery is right for you. The author is explaining what cases surgery would be good for glamorizing plastic surgery in order to explain that changing ones body is alright, if it is for a good reason. The author is speaking towards teenagers who struggle with body issues like larger breasts or bigger than average ears, by showing that other kids do it and their lives are much better afterward. The source is very interesting giving another look on plastic surgery and how teens are taking advantage of it. The author is a journalist so she seems less scientific with her arguments and the writing is more glamorizing the subject of surgery than warning of the dangers of it. This topic can be used as a look from the other side and why people think they need to alter their bodies.

D'Arcy Lyness, in the article "Body Image and Self Esteem" (kidshealth.org, 2009), explains how when teens reach puberty and even past that, that they begin to be unhappy with their body and are often times self conscious about it. Lyness supports her argument with sayings that normal teens would say, developed arguments and scenarios where kids do degrade them selves, and ways to help stop the negative outlook on life. She writes to try and help kids see that negative self image isn't healthy and that there are ways to help them. Lyness writes to kids 10-18 which can be seen by her word choice, her diction, and her use of the word child, which means under 18. This article was written and reviewed by D'Arcy Lyness who has a PhD for Kids Health online, specifically for teens and young adults. She develops her argument by adding thoughts that reflect those of the kids dealing with negative self image. The prose is a but immature, and the site seems a little childish, but the medical backing is sound. I plan to use the descriptions of those who deal with self image problems and the questions asked on how to fix it in my proposal.