Sociocultural and Individual Influences on Muscle Gain and Weight Loss Strategies among Adolescent Boys and Girls

Autor/inn/en	Ricciardelli, Lina A.; McCabe, Marita P.
Titel	Sociocultural and Individual Influences on Muscle Gain and Weight Loss Strategies among Adolescent Boys and Girls
Quelle	In: Psychology in the Schools, 40 (2003) 2, S.209-224 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-3085
DOI	10.1002/pits.10075
Schlagwörter	Females; Change Strategies; Self Concept; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Body Composition; Mass Media Effects; Parent Influence; Peer Influence; Body Weight; Physical Fitness; Early Adolescents; Affective Behavior; Predictor Variables; Gender Differences; Muscular Strength; Grade 7; Grade 9 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Lösungsstrategie; Selbstkonzept; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Körpergewicht; Leistungsfähigkeit; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Prädiktor; Geschlechterkonflikt; Muskelkraft; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09
Abstract	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 years. For both genders, parent and peer encouragement and negative affect were the primary predictors of body dissatisfaction, body image importance and strategies to decrease weight and increase muscles. In addition, body image importance was a significant factor in the development of both types of body change strategies, while the media only predicted strategies to decrease weight. Lastly, the effects of self-esteem were mediated by body dissatisfaction. For boys, a stronger focus on body importance occurred among the boys who were generally satisfied with their bodies while the reverse was the case for girls. (Contains 5 figures, 4 tables, and 3 footnotes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10