Cross-cultural comparisons of appearance self-schema, body image, self-esteem, and dieting behavior between Korean and U.S. Women

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 350-365

  Jung, Jaehee ^a   Lee, Seung Hee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Sungshin Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Appearance self schema; Body image; Culture; Dieting behavior; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247673735     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X06286419     Document Type: Article

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