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Kichler, Jessica C.; Crowther, Janis H. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2009
The relationships among communication, modeling, body image dissatisfaction, and maladaptive eating attitudes and behaviors in preadolescent girls were investigated in a cross-sectional study of 69 girls in fourth through sixth grade and their mothers. Participants completed questionnaires assessing familial and peer influences, body image…
Descriptors: Females, Self Concept, Eating Disorders, Preadolescents
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Wood, Jeffrey J.; Repetti, Rena L.; Roesch, Scott C. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2004
This study examined linkages between divorce, depressive/withdrawn parenting, and child adjustment problems at home and school. Middle class divorced single mother families (n=35) and 2-parent families (n=174) with a child in the fourth grade participated. Mothers and teachers completed yearly questionnaires and children were interviewed when they…
Descriptors: Divorce, Student Adjustment, Child Rearing, Depression (Psychology)