Gender and ethnic differences in body image and opposite sex figure preferences of rural adolescents

Body Image

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-108

  Jones, LaShanda R ^a,b   Fries, Elizabeth ^a   Danish, Steven J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body image; Ethnic differences; Gender differences; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL VALUES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33847291886     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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