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Childhood Obesity, Gender, Actual-Ideal Body Image Discrepancies, and Physical Self-Concept in Hong Kong Children: Cultural Differences in the Value of Moderation
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Hau, K. T.; Sung, R. Y. T.; Yu, C. W. – Developmental Psychology, 2007
Childhood obesity is increasingly prevalent in Western and non-Western societies. The authors related multiple dimensions of physical self-concept to body composition for 763 Chinese children aged 8 to 15 and compared the results with Western research. Compared with Western research, gender differences favoring boys were generally much smaller for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Values, Cultural Differences, Obesity
Gender, Ethnic, and Body Type Biases: The Generality of Prejudice in Childhood.
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Powlishta, Kimberly K.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1994
A total of 254 children in kindergarten through grade 6 participated in a study of the development, consistency, and degree of bias against gender, ethnicity (French- versus English-speaking Canadian), and body type (overweight versus normal weight). Children demonstrated clear biases against groups to which they did not belong, although attitudes…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Elementary Education
Development of Self-Body-Esteem in Overweight Youngsters.
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Mendelson, Beverley Katz; White, Donna Romano – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Examined development of self-body-esteem and relation between self-esteem and body-esteem in overweight and normal weight boys and girls in three age groups. Results were interpreted in terms of age differences in subjects and possible social influences in development of self-esteem in overweight youngsters. (Author/DST)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Body Image, Children