Comparisons of body image dimensions by race/ethnicity and gender in a university population

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 310-316

  Miller, Katherine J ^a   Gleaves, David H ^b   Hirsch, Tera G ^c   Green, Bradley A ^b   Snow, Alicia C ^b   Corbett, Chanda C ^c  

^a PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Gender differences; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SATISFACTION; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0034116161     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(200004)27:3<310::AID-EAT8>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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