"I'm thankful for being Native and my body is part of that": The body pride experiences of young Aboriginal women in Canada

Body Image

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 318-327

  McHugh, Tara Leigh F ^a   Coppola, Angela M ^a   Sabiston, Catherine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Body image; Body pride; Qualitative research; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; BODY IMAGE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALBERTA; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN;

EID: 84902678885     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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