Weight- and race-based bullying: Health associations among urban adolescents

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 401-412

  Rosenthal, Lisa ^a   Earnshaw, Valerie A ^a   Carroll Scott, Amy ^a   Henderson, Kathryn E ^a   Peters, Susan M ^a   McCaslin, Catherine ^b   Ickovics, Jeannette R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

bullying; emotional symptoms; health; race; weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BLACK PERSON; BODY WEIGHT; BULLYING; CHILD; CONNECTICUT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY WEIGHT; BULLYING; CHILD; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84925623345     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105313502567     Document Type: Article

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