The Expectation of Emotional Strength and its Impact on African American Women's Weight
African American (AA) women have the highest rates of obesity and weight-related diseases of any other cultural group in the United States. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between acceptance of the Strong Black Woman (SBW) cultural construct and the following weight-related...
Main Author: | Rivers, NeCole L. |
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Format: | Others |
Language: | en |
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ScholarWorks
2015
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1274 https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2273&context=dissertations |
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