Body Dissatisfaction, Ethnic Identity, and Disordered Eating Among African American Women

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-153

  Wood, Nikel A Rogers ^a   Petrie, Trent A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; body dissatisfaction; eating disorders; ethnic identity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950613212     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018922     Document Type: Article

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