Ethnicity as a protective factor against internalization of a thin ideal and body dissatisfaction

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-249

  Warren, Cortney S ^b   Gleaves, David H ^a,b   Cepeda Benito, Antonio ^b   Fernandez, Maria Del Carmen ^c   Rodriguez Ruiz, Sonia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorders; Ethnicity; Thin ideal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL VALUES; SPAIN; THINNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18244380841     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20102     Document Type: Article

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