I am not a skinny toothpick and proud of it: Latina adolescents' ethnic identity and responses to mainstream media images

Body Image

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-18

  Schooler, Deborah ^a   Daniels, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body image; Ethnic identity; Media

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNIC IDENTITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENCE; BODY IMAGE; ETHNIC IDENTITY; MEDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84891628439     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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