Eating behaviour, body image, and self-esteem of adolescent girls in Malaysia

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 833-844

  Soo, Kah Leng ^a   Shariff, Zalilah Mohd ^a   Taib, Mohd Nasir Mohd ^a   Abu, Bahaman Samah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; OBESITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 49149091565     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.106.3.833-844     Document Type: Article

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