Cultural Body Shape Ideals and Eating Disorder Symptoms Among White, Latina, and Black College Women

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-143

  Gordon, Kathryn H ^a   Castro, Yessenia ^b   Sitnikov, Lilya ^c   Holm Denoma, Jill M ^d  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; body dissatisfaction; bulimia nervosa; cultural differences; eating disorders; ethnic minority

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIABILITY; SELF ESTEEM; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952109526     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018671     Document Type: Article

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