Body image and self-esteem among Asian, Pacific Islander, and White college students in Hawaii and Australia

Eating Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-368

  Latner, Janet D ^a   Knight, Tess ^b   Illingworth, Kaye ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960320282     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2011.584813     Document Type: Article

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