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Gallagher, Rebecca A. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which university students report having been weight-teased by basic education teachers and how that has affected their social, physical, and academic well-being in the university. Bandura's (1999) theory of triadic reciprocal causation served as a framework for developing this research. An…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Mixed Methods Research
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Lenhart, Clare M.; Daly, Brian P.; Eichen, Dawn M. – Journal of School Nursing, 2011
Current evidence is equivocal as to whether adolescent's perception of weight status is linked to both healthy and risky behaviors. This study examined the association between accurate and inaccurate perception of weight and self-reported health and risk behaviors among a diverse sample of obese, urban adolescents. Data were analyzed from 1,180…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Health Behavior, Suicide, Adolescents