Relationships between Weight and Body Dissatisfaction, Body Esteem, and Teasing in African American Girls

Autor/inn/en	Tyler, Chermaine; Johnston, Craig A.; Dalton, William T., III; Foreyt, John P.
Titel	Relationships between Weight and Body Dissatisfaction, Body Esteem, and Teasing in African American Girls
Quelle	In: Journal of Black Psychology, 35 (2009) 1, S.125-132 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0095-7984
DOI	10.1177/0095798408323388
Schlagwörter	Body Composition; Females; Grade 3; Body Weight; Self Concept; Self Esteem; Bullying; Preadolescents; African Americans; Public Schools; Elementary School Students; Correlation; Psychological Patterns; Social Influences; Grade 4; Grade 5 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Körpergewicht; Selbstkonzept; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Mobbing; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Afroamerikaner; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Korrelation; Sozialer Einfluss; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05
Abstract	This study assessed the relation between weight and weight-related factors (i.e., body dissatisfaction, body esteem, teasing frequency, and the effects of teasing) in a community sample of prepubescent African American girls. African American girls (N = 97) in Grades 3 to 5 completed the McKnight Risk Factor Survey-Third Edition and had their heights and weights taken to calculate body mass index (BMI). Participants were from two public elementary schools with a predominantly African American student population in a Southern metropolitan city of the United States. Increased weight was associated with higher levels of body dissatisfaction and a greater frequency of weight teasing by peers. Weight was not associated with body esteem. These relationships between weight and related factors may be important for understanding how weight affects psychosocial functioning in a community sample of African American girls. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10