One size does not fit all: Using variables other than the thin ideal to understand black women's body image

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 268-278

  Capodilupo, Christina M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; Body esteem; Body image; Media; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BODY ESTEEM SCALE; BODY IMAGE; CARIBBEAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHYSICAL APPEARANCE DISCREPANCY QUESTIONNAIRE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF ESTEEM; SELF-CONCEPT ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOCULTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARD APPEARANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF CONCEPT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THINNESS;

EID: 84926334991     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037649     Document Type: Article

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