Asian American college women's body image: A pilot study

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-274

  Lau, Allison S M ^a   Lum, Sharilyn K ^a   Chronister, Krista M ^a   Forrest, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Asian American women; Body image; Mass media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY IMAGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 33745775060     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.2.259     Document Type: Article

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