Psychosocial correlates of weight maintenance among black & white adults

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 395-407

  Turk, Melanie Warziski ^a   Sereika, Susan M ^b   Yang, Kyeongra ^b   Ewing, Linda J ^c   Hravnak, Marilyn ^b   Burke, Lora E ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier; Ethnicity; Obesity; Stress; Weight loss maintenance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862023363     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.36.3.10     Document Type: Article

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