The sociocultural model of eating disorder development: Application to a Guatemalan sample

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-284

  Vander Wal, Jillon S ^a   Gibbons, Judith L ^a   del Pilar Grazioso, Maria ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body image; Children; Culture; Eating disorders; Guatemala; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EATING DISORDER; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PATH ANALYSIS; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; EATING DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; THINNESS;

EID: 44849115044     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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