Adolescent Weight Preoccupation: Influencing Factors and Entertainment Media Exposure

Autor/inn/en	Jacob, John; Yoo, Jeong-Ju
Titel	Adolescent Weight Preoccupation: Influencing Factors and Entertainment Media Exposure
Quelle	In: Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 102 (2010) 2, S.33-41 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-1651
Schlagwörter	Females; Parent Child Relationship; Adolescents; Body Weight; Self Concept; Influences; Mass Media Effects; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Grade 7; Grade 10; Correlation; Periodicals; Web Sites; Predictor Variables; Social Influences; High School Students; Middle School Students; Junior High School Students; Questionnaires; Racial Differences; Family Structure; Likert Scales; Films + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Körpergewicht; Selbstkonzept; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Korrelation; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Web-Design; Prädiktor; Sozialer Einfluss; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Junior High Schools; Sekundarstufe I; Fragebogen; Rassenunterschied; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Likert-Skala; Film
Abstract	This study examined how boys' and girls' weight preoccupation varied by grade level, parent-child relationships, self-classified weight, entertainment media exposure levels, and gender. Seventh-grade girls (n = 190) and boys (n = 132) and 10th-grade girls (n = 99) and boys (n = 67) participated. Girls were more likely to report weight preoccupation. Perceiving oneself as heavier and movie going, however, were correlated with weight preoccupation regardless of age and gender. Age and gender interactions with magazine reading and visiting fashion websites contributed to the prediction of weight preoccupation. Positive parent-child relationships were negatively correlated with weight preoccupation. Findings suggest potential courses of action for educators and practitioners interested in promoting healthy weight management approaches for adolescents. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10