Body weight perception, unhealthy weight control behaviors, and suicidal ideation among Korean adolescents

Journal of School Health

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 585-592

  Kim, Dong Sik ^a   Cho, Youngtae ^a   Cho, Sung Il ^a   Lim, In Sook ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Body weight perception; Suicidal ideation; Unhealthy weight control behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KOREA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KOREA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STUDENTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; THINNESS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 70449631293     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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