The relationships among acculturation, acculturative stress, endorsement of western media, social comparison, and body image in hispanic male college students

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 192-201

  Warren, Cortney S ^a   Rios, Ricardo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Acculturative stress; Body image; Hispanic men; Media internalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882573232     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028505     Document Type: Article

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