The Body Image Concern Inventory: Validation in a multiethnic sample and initial development of a Spanish language version

Body Image

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-388

  Littleton, Heather ^a   Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Body dysmorphic disorder; Body image; Dysmorphic appearance concern; Eating disorders; Spanish body image concern inventory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOW CALORY DIET; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET, REDUCING; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52749096371     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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