Differential processing of self-referenced versus other-referenced body information among American and Chinese young adults with body image concerns

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 152-160

  Chen, Hong ^a   Jackson, Todd ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body image; Culture; Priming; Self schemata; Subliminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPONSE TIME; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SUBLIMATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645848762     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2005.08.012     Document Type: Article

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