The sociocultural model of eating disorders in mexican american women: Behavioral acculturation and cognitive marginalization as moderators

Eating Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-57

  Warren, Cortney S ^a   Castillo, Linda G ^b   Gleaves, David H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEVADA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649143082     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640260903439532     Document Type: Article

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