Effects of gender, media influences, and traditional gender role orientation on disordered eating and appearance concerns among Latino adolescents

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 727-736

  Lopez, Vera ^a   Corona, Rosalie ^b   Halfond, Raquel ^b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Appearance; Body image; Disordered eating; Gender differences; Gender role; Latino a adolescents; Latinos; Media; Traditional gender roles

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOLOGY;

APPEARANCE; BODY IMAGE; DISORDERED EATING; GENDER DIFFERENCES; GENDER ROLE; LATINO/A ADOLESCENTS; LATINOS; MEDIA; TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, REDUCING; EATING DISORDERS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 84879589675     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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