Predictors of Changes in Weight Esteem Among Mainland Chinese Adolescents: A Longitudinal Analysis

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1618-1629

  Chen, Hong ^a,b   Jackson, Todd ^a,c  

^a Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescents; body satisfaction; China; sociocultural; weight esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFFECT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 72149130311     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016820     Document Type: Article

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