Body figure preferences in South African adolescent females: A cross cultural study

African Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 201-206

  Szabo, Christopher Paul ^a   Allwood, Clifford W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body; Cross cultural; Figure; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE TEST; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ADULT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34347406275     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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