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Bowker, Julie C.; Spencer, Sarah V.; Salvy, Sarah-Jeanne – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2010
The current study examines the social information processing and coping styles (SIP) of overweight and average weight adolescents, and whether the associations between friendship quality and SIP differ for these two groups (N = 156, M age = 12.79). On the basis of height and weight assessments, overweight (n = 70) and average weight (n = 86)…
Descriptors: Obesity, Friendship, Adolescents, Coping
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Abrantes, Ana M.; Strong, David R.; Ramsey, Susan E.; Lewinsohn, Peter M.; Brown, Richard A. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2006
The clinical and psychosocial characteristics of 239 dieting and nondieting adolescents (61% female; mean age=15.3) recruited from an inpatient psychiatric setting were examined. Dieting adolescents were compared to nondieting adolescents on exercise frequency, weight control behaviors, risky behaviors, psychiatric comorbidity and distress, eating…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Smoking, Eating Disorders, Adolescents