Gender and racial/ethnic differences in body image development among college students

Body Image

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-130

  Gillen, Meghan M ^a   Lefkowitz, Eva S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image development; College students; Gender; Longitudinal design; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84355166636     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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