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Clare, Mary M.; Ardron-Hudson, Elise A.; Grindell, Jessica – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2015
Children and youth in schools are subject to the effects of the larger culture's attitudes and values related to body size. When negatively biased, these attitudes and values can have detrimental effects and thus emerge as relevant to educational and psychological consultants. Drawing on the nascent field of Fat Studies with its focus on the…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Body Composition, Body Weight, Social Attitudes
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McKinley, Nita Mary – Developmental Psychology, 2006
Longitudinal analysis of 10-year follow-up data on objectified body consciousness, body esteem, weight-related attitudes and behaviors, and psychological well-being in 74 middle-aged and 72 young women tested hypotheses developed from age-related change and cohort differences models of body experience. Young women's body surveillance and body…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Human Body, Longitudinal Studies, Females