Ethnicity, Ethnic Identity, Self-Esteem, and At-Risk Eating Disordered Behavior Differences of Urban Adolescent Females

Eating Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 223-237

  Rhea, Deborah J ^a   Thatcher, W Gregory ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84880956219     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2013.779177     Document Type: Article

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