Relationships Between Family Connectedness and Body Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Girls and Boys

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1392-1401

  Crespo, Carla ^a   Kielpikowski, Magdalena ^a   Jose, Paul E ^a   Pryor, Jan ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body satisfaction; Family connectedness; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SATISFACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 77957988032     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9433-9     Document Type: Article

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