Complexity of culture: The role of identity and context in bicultural individuals' body ideals

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-257

  Guan, Mei ^a   Lee, Fiona ^a   Cole, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicultural individuals; Body ideals; Body image; Cultural cues; Cultural identification; Culture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; SOCIAL BELIEF; ASSOCIATION; BODY MASS; CONTROL; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CUES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866926458     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028730     Document Type: Article

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