Do you see what I see?: An exploration of inter-ethnic ideal body size comparisons among college women

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 369-379

  Webb, Jennifer B ^a   Warren Findlow, Jan ^a   Chou, Ying Yi ^a   Adams, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

College women; Contingencies of self worth; Ethnicity; Focus groups; Ideal body size; Social comparison theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ESTHETICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878604166     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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