Thinness expectancies and restraint in Black and White college women: A prospective study

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 269-273

  Stojek, Monika M K ^a   Fischer, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Ethnic identity; Expectancies; Race; Restraint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDER EXAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE SUBSCALE RESTRAINT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTI GROUP ETHNIC IDENTITY MEASURE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESTRAINT EXPECTANCY; SCORING SYSTEM; THINNESS AND RESTRICTING EXPECTANCY INVENTORY; THINNESS EXPECTANCY;

EATING DISORDERS; ETHNIC IDENTITY; EXPECTANCIES; RACE; RESTRAINT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; EATING; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STUDENTS; THINNESS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876699010     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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