Journal of Youth and Adolescence articles from April 2006

Journal of Youth and Adolescence archives from April 2006

Body image concerns in young girls: the role of peers and media prior to adolescence.
April 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Body image dissatisfaction is acknowledged as a pervasive problem experienced by a large proportion of society (Polivy and Herman, 2002). In particular, the desire for thinness is so prevalent among women that it has been...

Media exposure, current and future body ideals, and disordered eating among preadolescent girls: a longitudinal panel study.
April 1, 2006... A growing collection of literature demonstrates a consistently positive correlation between young women's mass media consumption and body-related cognitions and behaviors, in particular eating disorder symptomatology and poor body image...

Individual and sociocultural influences on pre-adolescent girls' appearance schemas and body dissatisfaction.
April 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Body dissatisfaction, which is considered normative among adolescent females and adult women, has been reported among pre-adolescent girls (Davison et al., 2003; Sands and Wardle, 2003; Vander Wal and Thelen, 2000b),...

A longitudinal investigation of the development of weight and muscle concerns among preadolescent boys.
April 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION During the last decade there has been a growing interest in males' body image concerns and their pursuit of muscularity (e.g., Cafri et al., 2005; Grogan and Richards, 2002; McCabe and Ricciardelli, 2004; McCreary and Sasse,...

Body dissatisfaction and physical development among ethnic minority adolescents.
April 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Girls' body dissatisfaction has been found to predict an array of negative social and psychological outcomes, with severe cases leading to clinical eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia (e.g., Abell and...

What friends are for: the relationships between body image, substance use, and peer influence among Finnish adolescents.
April 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Adolescence is a period of significant biological and psychological changes, and of social transitions. It is also a time in which young people are faced with a great many choices, concerning their peers, family, and health,...

The contribution of emotion regulation to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in early adolescent girls.
April 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Eating disorders present considerable risk to the psychological and physical health of adolescent girls, with approximately 8% suffering from a full syndrome or a subclinical eating disorder (Lewinsohn et al., 2000)....

The skinny on body dissatisfaction: a longitudinal study of adolescent girls and boys.
April 1, 2006... Considerable research has been devoted to understanding the consequences of body dissatisfaction, or displeasure with one's weight and shape (Thompson et al., 1999). Historically, much of this research has focused on females because of the...

Does body image play a role in risky sexual behavior and attitudes?
April 1, 2006... Imagine a scene at a college party: the lights are dimmed, the music is loud, and alcohol is abundant. Males and females who have just met are talking intimately. At the end of the night, an important decision must be made by each member of...

The peer appearance culture during adolescence: gender and body mass variations.
April 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Peer experiences represent an important social context for the development of body image among both adolescent girls and boys. Although other sociocultural forces such as the family and media clearly influence the...

Romantic relationships and body satisfaction among young women.
April 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Sociocultural influences have long been implicated in girls' and women's development of body image. In particular, family, peer, media, and cultural influences have been examined as relevant to the development of women's...

Psychosocial aspects of body mass and body image among rural American Indian adolescents.
April 1, 2006... Body image represents the self-evaluative component of self-esteem that focuses on physical attributes and appearance. It is the power, confidence, and sense of agency that is derived from one's physical being. It is an aspect of identity and...

Correlates of ideal body size among Black and White adolescents.
April 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Adolescence is a time of physical and psychological changes in which the process of individuation, self-concept, and body image development progresses rapidly (Steinberg and Sheffield Morris, 2001). It is during this...