Internalization of U.S. female beauty standards as a mediator of the relationship between Mexican American women's acculturation and body dissatisfaction

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 501-508

  Poloskov, Elizabeth ^a   Tracey, Terence J G ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Body dissatisfaction; Mexican American women; Thin ideal internalization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY DISSATISFACTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ESTHETICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMEN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; THIN-IDEAL INTERNALIZATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; BODY DISSATISFACTION; MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMEN; THIN-IDEAL INTERNALIZATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; THINNESS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884531095     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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