Does body dissatisfaction predict mental health outcomes in a sample of predominantly Hispanic college students?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 557-561

  Ganem, Paulina A ^a   Heer, Hendrik de ^b   Morera, Osvaldo F ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Mental health; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249113105     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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