The relationships between body surveillance, body shame, and contextual body concern during sexual activities in ethnically diverse female college students

Body Image

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 448-454

  Claudat, Kim ^a   Warren, Cortney S ^a   Durette, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image concern during sexual activities; Body shame; Body surveillance; Ethnicity; Objectification theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866845607     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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