Considering an affect regulation framework for examining the association between body dissatisfaction and positive body image in Black older adolescent females: Does body mass index matter?

Body Image

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 426-437

  Webb, Jennifer B ^a   Butler Ajibade, Phoebe ^b   Robinson, Seronda A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect regulation; Black older adolescent females; BMI; Body appreciation; Body dissatisfaction; Body image flexibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908119829     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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