Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating among early adolescents from korea and the us

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 42-54

  Jung, Jaehee ^a   Forbes, Gordon B ^b   Lee, Yoon Jung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Cross cultural; Disordered eating; Early adolescents; Feminist theory; Korea; Sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650621607     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9609-5     Document Type: Article

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