Examining the impact of acculturative stress on body image disturbance among Hispanic college students

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-246

  Menon, Chloe V ^a   Harter, Stephanie L ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stress; Body image disturbance; Ethnicity; Social support influences

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATIVE STRESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TEXAS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866920506     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028638     Document Type: Article

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