Do depression, self-esteem, body-esteem, and eating attitudes vary by bmi among african american adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1112-1120

  Witherspoon, Dawn ^a   Latta, Laura ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Black, Maureen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African American; Depression; Obesity; Psychosocial functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN-AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DEPRESSION; EATING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENTS; AFRICAN-AMERICAN; DEPRESSION; OBESITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTIONING;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EATING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POVERTY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84891842526     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jst055     Document Type: Article

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