Correlates of self-worth and body size dissatisfaction among obese Latino youth

Body Image

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-178

  Mirza, Nazrat M ^a,b   Mackey, Eleanor Race ^a,b   Armstrong, Bridget ^a   Jaramillo, Ana ^a   Palmer, Matilde M ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Body size dissatisfaction; Obese Latino youth; Self worth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SPORT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; OBESITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953044200     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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