Facets of acculturation and their diverse relations to body shape concern in Fiji

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-50

  Becker, Anne E ^a,b   Fay, Kristen ^a,c   Gilman, Stephen E ^d   Striegel Moore, Ruth ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Assimilation; Body shape concern; Fiji; Tradition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIETY;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 33845573937     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20332     Document Type: Article

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