Longitudinal analysis of weight perception and psychological factors in Chinese adolescents

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-104

  Xie, Bin ^a   Chou, Chih Ping ^c   Spruijt Metz, Donna ^c   Reynolds, Kim ^a   Palmer, Paula H ^a   Wu, Qiaobing ^b   Gallaher, Peggy ^a   Johnson, C Anderson ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese adolescents.; Psychological distress; Weight perception.

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952163190     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.35.1.9     Document Type: Article

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