Regional differences in physical appearance identity among young adult women in Thailand

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-120

  Rongmuang, Daravan ^a   McElmurry, Beverly J ^a   McCreary, Linda L ^a   Park, Chang G ^a   Miller, Arlene G ^b   Corte, Colleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

identity; physical appearance; Q methodology; Thailand; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTHETICS; ETHNOLOGY; FACE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONALITY TEST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THAILAND;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; Q-SORT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; THAILAND; WOMEN;

EID: 78650975243     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945910381762     Document Type: Article

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