Downward spirals of body surveillance and weight/shape concern among African American and Caucasian college women

Body Image

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 216-223

  Fitzsimmons, Ellen E ^a   Bardone Cone, Anna M ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Body surveillance; Objectified body consciousness; Race ethnicity; Self objectification; Weight shape concern

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959409809     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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