Journal Title
Title of Journal: J Youth Adolescence
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Abbravation: Journal of Youth and Adolescence
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Authors: Meghan M Sinton Andrea B Goldschmidt Vandana Aspen Kelly R Theim Richard I Stein Brian E Saelens Leonard H Epstein Denise E Wilfley
Publish Date: 2011/06/22
Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 67-75
Abstract
Shape and weight concerns among overweight preadolescents heighten risk for eating disorders and weight gain Treatment and prevention efforts require consideration of psychosocial factors that cooccur with these concerns This study involved 200 overweight preadolescents aged 7–12 years M age = 98 SD = 14 presenting for familybased weight control treatment Hierarchical regression was used to examine the influence of preadolescents’ individual characteristics and social experiences and their parents’ psychological symptoms on shape and weight concerns as assessed by the Child Eating Disorder Examination Findings revealed that higher levels of dietary restraint greater feelings of loneliness elevated experiences with weightrelated teasing and higher levels of parents’ eating disorder symptoms predicted higher shape and weight concerns among overweight preadolescents Interventions addressing overweight preadolescents’ disordered eating behaviors and social functioning as well as their parents’ disordered eating behaviors and attitudes may be indicated for those endorsing shape and weight concerns
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- School Smoking Policy Characteristics and Individual Perceptions of the School Tobacco Context: Are They Linked to Students’ Smoking Status?
- Supportive Romantic Relationships as Predictors of Resilience Against Early Adolescent Maternal Negativity
- Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents: A Study of Ethnic Identity, Emotional and Behavioral Functioning, Child Characteristics, and Social Support
- Patterns of Problem Behavior in Relation to Thriving and Precocious Behavior in Late Adolescence
- Pubertal Timing and Substance Use in Middle Adolescence: A 2-Year Follow-up Study
- Bidirectional Associations Between Valued Activities and Adolescent Positive Adjustment in a Longitudinal Study: Positive Mood as a Mediator
- Moderating Effects of Aggression on the Associations Between Social Withdrawal Subtypes and Peer Difficulties During Early Adolescence
- Evaluation of Yoga for Preventing Adolescent Substance Use Risk Factors in a Middle School Setting: A Preliminary Group-Randomized Controlled Trial
- Youth Empowerment and High School Gay-Straight Alliances
- Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Among Youth in an Underserved Area of the Southern United States: Exploring the Moderating Roles of Gender, Racial/Ethnic Background, and School-Level
- Mother–Child Discrepancy in Perceived Family Functioning and Adolescent Developmental Outcomes in Families Experiencing Economic Disadvantage in Hong Kong
- The Effect of Corporal Punishment and Verbal Abuse on Delinquency: Mediating Mechanisms
- Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Youth–Adult Relationships, and Suicide Attempts Among High School Students in Underserved Communities
- Race and Perceived Pubertal Transition Effects on Girls’ Depressive Symptoms and Delinquent Behaviors
- Interrelations of Behavioral, Emotional, and Cognitive School Engagement in High School Students
- Jamel K. Donnor and Adrienne D. Dixson (Eds.): The Resegregation of Schools: Education and Race in the Twenty - First Century
- Associations of Parental and Peer Characteristics with Adolescents’ Social Dominance Orientation
- Predictors of Level of Voice in Adolescent Girls: Ethnicity, Attachment, and Gender Role Socialization
- Linking Community, Parenting, and Depressive Symptom Trajectories: Testing Resilience Models of Adolescent Agency Based on Race/Ethnicity and Gender
- Rural and Non-Rural African American Youth: Does Context Matter in the Etiology of Problem Behaviors?
- Perceived Social Support and Early Adolescents’ Achievement: The Mediational Roles of Motivational Beliefs and Emotions
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