Associations between Actual and perceived weight and psychosocial functioning in children: The importance of child perceptions

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-154

  Gray, Wendy N ^a   Crawford, Megan J ^b   Follansbee Junger, Katherine ^a,b   Dumont Driscoll, Marilyn C ^c   Janicke, David M ^b,c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84859518123     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2011.0033     Document Type: Article

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