The socialization of weight preoccupation and dieting behavior among Japanese adolescent girls: Maternal and peer influences.

The purpose of this study was to increase our understanding of the mechanisms for socialization influences upon eating disorder tendencies in Japanese adolescent girls. A total of 867 female students in grades 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 from single-sex and mixed-sex high schools completed questionnaires as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mukai, Takayo.
Other Authors: McCloskey, Laura A.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1993
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186286