Body Dissatisfaction and Characteristics of Disordered Eating Among Black and White Early Adolescent Girls and Boys

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 737-764

  Jung, Jaehee ^a,b   Forbes, Gordon B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; body dissatisfaction; disordered eating; gender differences; racial differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879804910     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431612468504     Document Type: Article

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