Weight Preoccupation as a Function of Observed Physical Attractiveness: Ethnic Differences Among Normal-Weight Adolescent Females
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Weight preoccupation as a function of observed physical attractiveness: ethnic differences among normal-weight adolescent females.
OBJECTIVE To examine the association between observer ratings of physical attractiveness and weight preoccupation for female adolescents, and to explore any ethnic differences between Caucasian, African-American, and Hispanic females. METHODS Normal-weight female adolescents who had participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health in-home Wave II survey were included (n = ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pediatric Psychology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1465-735X,0146-8693
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsj091