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Download full textDogan, Ozcan; Bayhan, Pinar; Yukselen, Arzu; Isitan, Sonnur – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2018
This study was planned in order to analyze adolescent body image by age and gender, evaluate the relationship between adolescent body image and socio-cultural factors, and determine the extent to which variables such as age, gender, and Body Mass Index (BMI) can serve as predictors of the influential habits and strategies needed to achieve a…
Descriptors: Human Body, Self Concept, Body Composition, Age Differences
Direct linkVilhjalmsson, Runar; Kristjansdottir, Gudrun; Ward, Dianne S. – Youth & Society, 2012
Adolescents with unusually sized or shaped bodies may experience ridicule, rejection, or exclusion based on their negatively valued bodily characteristics. Such experiences can have negative consequences for a person's image and evaluation of self. This study focuses on the relationship between bodily deviations and body image and is based on a…
Descriptors: Females, Self Concept, Grade 9, Grade 10
Ha, Yeongmi; Choi, Eunsook; Seo, Yeongmi; Kim, Tae-gu – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: This study identified relationships among subjective social status (SSS), weight perception, weight control behaviors, and weight status in Korean adolescents using nationally representative data collected from the 2009 Korea Youth Risk Behaviors Web-Based Survey. Methods: Data from 67,185 students aged 12-18 years were analyzed.…
Descriptors: Social Status, Body Weight, Self Concept, Health Behavior
Goldfield, Gary S.; Moore, Ceri; Henderson, Katherine; Buchholz, Annick; Obeid, Nicole; Flament, Martine F. – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: Adolescence may be a crucial period for developing obesity and associated mental health problems. This study examined the relationship of weight status on body image, eating behavior, and depressive symptoms in youth. Methods: A survey was conducted on 1490 youth attending grades 7-12. Participants completed questionnaires on body…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Self Concept, Psychopathology
Goossens, Lien; Soenens, Bart; Braet, Caroline – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
The objective of this article was to investigate the prevalence and psychological correlates of binge eating among adolescents. Self-report questionnaires were administered to a community sample of 708 adolescents (M[subscript age] = 14 years). Adolescents reporting loss of control over eating (17% of the sample) reported more eating pathology and…
Descriptors: Incidence, Eating Disorders, Pathology, Adolescents
Ricciardelli, Lina A.; McCabe, Marita P. – Psychology in the Schools, 2003
The study examined the role of body dissatisfaction, body image importance, sociocultural influences (media and parent and peer encouragement), self-esteem and negative affect on body change strategies to decrease weight and increase muscles in adolescent boys and girls. Surveys were administered to 587 boys and 598 girls aged between 11 and 15…
Descriptors: Females, Change Strategies, Males, Self Concept
