Investigation of ethnic differences in body image between Hispanic/biethnic-Hispanic and non-Hispanic White preadolescent girls

Body Image

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-78

  Erickson, Sarah J ^a   Gerstle, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body esteem; Body image; Children; Disordered eating; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NEW MEXICO; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33847261181     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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