Do measures commonly used in body image research perform adequately with african american college women?

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 357-368

  Kashubeck West, Susan ^a   Coker, Angela D ^a   Awad, Germine H ^b   Stinson, Rebecca D ^c   Bledman, Rashanta ^d   Mintz, Laurie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Body image; Psychometric evaluation; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY DISSATISFACTION SUBSCALE OF THE EATING DISORDERS INVENTORY 3; BODY IMAGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL BODY SELF RELATIONS QUESTIONNAIRE APPEARANCE SCALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; SOCIOCULTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARD APPEARANCE QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880719976     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031905     Document Type: Article

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