Overweight, body image, and depression in asian and hispanic adolescents

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 476-488

  Xie, Bin ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^a   Gallaher, Peggy ^a   Johnson, C Anderson ^a   Wu, Qiaobing ^b   Chou, Chih Ping ^c  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Body image; Depressive symptoms; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 77950357132     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.34.4.9     Document Type: Article

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