Depressed mood and body weight: Exploring race differences in adolescence

Youth and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 503-518

  Kowaleski Jones, Lori ^a   Christie Mizell, C André ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent depressive symptoms; Body mass index; Family stress theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952144434     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X10364043     Document Type: Article

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