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Peer reviewedStorz, Nancy S. – Adolescence, 1982
Compared body image of obese high school girls and those attending a weight-loss clinic. Results showed girls in the clinic program perceived themselves as heavier than their counterparts. Both groups used uncomplimentary adjectives to describe their appearance. No significant difference was found in articulation of body concept. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Comparative Testing, Females
Peer reviewedFowler, Barbara Ann – Adolescence, 1989
Investigated relationship of body image perception and weight status to recent change in weight status of adolescent females. Nonobese, overweight, and obese girls (N=90) aged 13 through 17 completed Body-Cathexis Scale and self-report recent change in weight status and demographic questionnaire. Results revealed significant positive correlation…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Body Weight, Females
Peer reviewedShestowsky, Brenda J. – Adolescence, 1983
Investigated the relationship between ego identity development and obesity in adolescent girls (N=30). Subjects completed the Washington University Sentence Completion Test for ego identity development. Significant differences in scores of ego identity emerged between normal weight subjects and puberty-onset obese subjects and between…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Females
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Zakus, Gloria – Adolescence, 1979
Described is a group weight control project with severely obese adolescent girls in a medical setting. Behavior modification principles were utilized with peer group interaction. Significant others had separate group meetings. Small amounts of weight loss were recorded. Dropouts continued to have a net gain. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Body Weight, Dietetics
Peer reviewedStein, Rita F. – Adolescence, 1987
Compared self-concept of obese (N=28) and nonobese (N=58) female students in a junior nursing class. Found that obese students and students who considered themselves to be obese had lower self-esteem than did nonobese students. Revealed no relationships with regard to age of onset of obesity, and no significant relationships between social class…
Descriptors: Body Weight, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Females
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
