Ethnicity as a Protective Factor Against Internalization of a Thin Ideal and body Dissatisfaction

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-8-2005

Publication Title

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volume

37

Issue

3

First page number:

241

Last page number:

249

Abstract

Objective: We examined the potential for ethnicity to moderate the relationships between awareness and internalization of sociocultural ideals of appearance and between internalization and body dissatisfaction. (See article for full abstract)

Keywords

Ethnicity; Thin ideal; Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorders

Disciplines

Psychology

Language

English

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