The image in the mirror and the number on the scale: Weight, weight perceptions, and adolescent depressive symptoms

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-228

  Frisco, Michelle L ^a   Houle, Jason N ^a   Martin, Molly A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Double jeopardy; Health congruency; Weight; Weight perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; THINNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954049355     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146510372353     Document Type: Article

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