Body image and eating attitudes among adolescent Chinese girls in Hong Kong

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-66

  Fung, Maria S C ^a   Yuen, Mantak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET, REDUCING; EATING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0042344825     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.1.57     Document Type: Article

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