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Peer reviewedBrenner, David; Hinsdale, Gary – Adolescence, 1978
Body build stereotypes of average-weight and heavy females, ages 6, 15, and 19, were studied through adjective checklists and drawings of endomorphs, ectomorphs, and mesomorphs. Mesomorph drawings were favored and the endomorphs least liked. But heavy subjects rejected for themselves behavioral stereotypes previously applied to the endomorph…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Image, Body Weight, Females
Peer reviewedSchneider, Stanley – Adolescence, 1982
Addresses the issue of pregnancy in adolescent girls from a psychiatric viewpoint. Explores why adolescent girls become pregnant; how pregnancy affects the adolescent's emotional process; pregnant adolescents becoming emotional/physical "at-risk" cases; and which factors affect the birth-delivery process. Discusses how sex education can help…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Emotional Adjustment, Females
