Relations of Sexual Objectification and Racist Discrimination with Latina Women's Body Image and Mental Health

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 906-935

  Velez, Brandon L ^a   Campos, Irma D ^b   Moradi, Bonnie ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; multiculturalism; path analysis SEM; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943146405     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: 15523861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000015591287     Document Type: Article

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