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Direct linkRosewall, Juliet K.; Gleaves, David H.; Latner, Janet D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2020
Body dissatisfaction (BD) is a common experience among preadolescent girls and a robust risk factor and precursor to eating pathology (EP). Although the relationship between BD and EP has been well documented, there is less research exploring the factors that may make this relationship more or less pronounced. In the current study, we investigated…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Self Concept, Eating Disorders, Preadolescents
Lei, Xiaojing; Bussey, Kay; Hay, Phillipa; Mond, Jonathan; Trompeter, Nora; Lonergan, Alexandra; Mitchison, Deborah – Journal of School Violence, 2020
The aims of the current study were to provide the first Australian prevalence estimates of sexual harassment in adolescents, explore gender differences in form and frequency of harassment, and investigate demographic and weight status correlates. A total of 4098 adolescents (47.3% boys), aged 11 to 19 years from government and non-government…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Sexual Harassment, High School Students
Gattario, Kristina Holmqvist; Lindwall, Magnus; Frisén, Ann – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
Studies have demonstrated that being bullied in childhood may have long-term associations with lower psychological well-being in adulthood. However, although bullying incidents frequently target the victim's body and appearance, research has overlooked studying victims' long-term body image development and risk of engaging in disordered eating…
Descriptors: Bullying, Human Body, Self Concept, Eating Disorders
Kaitz, Jenesse E.; Ray, Sukanya; Harkins, Debra A.; Driscoll, Brianna – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2019
This study examined the relative contributions of peer teasing, relational aggression, and body image disturbance on subclinical maladaptive eating patterns among female college students. One hundred and two female college students completed self-report online surveys on peer teasing, relational aggression, body image disturbance, and eating…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Aggression, Self Concept, Females
Puhl, Rebecca M.; Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne; Bryn Austin, S.; Suh, Young; Wakefield, Dorothy B. – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: Weight-related bullying is prevalent among youth and associated with adverse health consequences, including increased risk for body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors, which are risk factors for eating disorders. Although concerns about these problems have stimulated calls for broader intervention efforts in schools,…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Bullying, Teachers, Administrators
Slater, Amy; Tiggemann, Marika – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
This study examined gender differences in adolescent participation in sport and physical activity, in teasing experiences specific to the physical activity domain, and the relationship between adolescent physical activity and body image. A sample of 714 adolescents (332 girls, 382 boys) aged between 12 and 16 years completed measures of…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Athletics, Self Concept, Adolescents
Holman, Margery J.; Johnson, Jay; Lucier, Mary-Kaye – Sport, Education and Society, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of girls and boys about the effects that body-based harassment would have on girls' eating habits and engagement in physical activity. Five scenarios were read to focus groups comprised of 12- to 14-year-old students in grades 7 and 8. Each scenario represented behaviours that fall…
Descriptors: Human Body, Eating Habits, Life Style, Females
Robinson, Sabrina – Journal of School Nursing, 2006
Peer victimization of obese adolescents has been associated with low self-esteem, body dissatisfaction, social isolation, marginalization, poor psychosocial adjustment, depression, eating disorders, and suicidal ideation and attempts, not to mention poor academic performance. Weight-based peer victimization is defined as unsolicited bullying and…
Descriptors: Obesity, School Nurses, Eating Disorders, Suicide
Ata, Rheanna N.; Ludden, Alison Bryant; Lally, Megan M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
The current study expands upon body image research to examine how gender, self-esteem, social support, teasing, and family, friend, and media pressures relate to body image and eating-related attitudes and behaviors among male and female adolescents (N = 177). Results indicated that adolescents were dissatisfied with their current bodies: males…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Eating Disorders, Adolescents, Gender Differences
