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Direct linkDalley, Simon E.; Toffanin, Paolo; Libert, Jacqueline; Vidal, Jose – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
This study placed the phenomenon of college women's fat talk within response styles theory. We predicted that with increasing trait body dissatisfaction there would be an increase in rumination leading to a greater frequency of fat talk. We also predicted that neuroticism would moderate this mediation pathway, and that these effects would occur…
Descriptors: Females, College Students, Body Composition, Self Concept
Download full textAvci, Mehmet; Akliman, Cigdem Keven – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2018
The importance of body change during the adolescence has been well documented within the literature. In this study, gender differences were investigated in the use of adolescents' perceptions of all body images, body parts and functions, and strategies of coping with body image. Data were collected from 710 first-year students from different high…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Adolescents, Adolescent Development
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
Shimpo, Misa; Akamatsu, Rie – Health Education Journal, 2015
Objective: This study was designed to develop the Aftermath of Dietary Lapses Coping Questionnaire (ADLCQ) for evaluating how people cope with the aftermath of dietary lapses during weight control. Method: Between June-July 2012, dieticians working in public health centres and city offices in Sizuoka, Japan, recruited 466 participants. They were…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Coping, Questionnaires, Health Behavior
Sabiston, C. M.; Sedgwick, W. A.; Crocker, P. R. E.; Kowalski, K. C.; Mack, D. E. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2007
This study explored adolescent females' experiences of social physique anxiety (SPA) and related coping strategies. A final sample of 31 adolescent females ages 13 to 18 years discussed dealing with SPA during individual semistructured interviews. Resultant themes pertaining to the transactional experiences of SPA were coded using content…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Anxiety, Adolescents, Coping
Peer reviewedChoate, Laura Hensley – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2005
This article discusses women's body image resilience. Body image dissatisfaction is prevalent among girls and women. Girls as young as 6 years old experience negative body image, and there is evidence that women struggle with body concerns throughout the life cycle (Lewis & Cachelin, 2001; Smolak, 2002; Striegel-Moore & Franko, 2002). In fact,…
Descriptors: Females, Self Concept, Peer Influence, Sex Role
