The role of body dissatisfaction as a risk factor for depression in adolescent girls: Are the differences black and white?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 975-983

  Franko, Debra L ^a   Striegel Moore, Ruth H ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Black; Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Depression; Disordered eating; Eating disorders; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; PUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036867528     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00490-7     Document Type: Article

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