Nobody's perfect: A qualitative examination of African American maternal caregivers' and their adolescent girls' perceptions of body image

Body Image

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 307-317

  Pope, Michell ^a   Corona, Rosalie ^a   Belgrave, Faye Z ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American girls; Body image; Media; Parent adolescent communication; Peers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY IMAGE; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84902662425     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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