Demographic, Behavioral, and Physical Correlates of Body Esteem Among Low-Income Female Adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 566-570

  Kornblau, Ilyse S ^a   Pearson, Heidi C ^a   Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Body esteem; Body mass index; Females; Race ethnicity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TEXAS;

EID: 36049012992     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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