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ERIC Number: EJ659791
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
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Risk Factors for Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescent Girls: A Longitudinal Investigation.
Stice, Eric; Whitenton, Kathryn
Developmental Psychology, v38 n5 p669-78 Sep 2002
This longitudinal study tested whether a set of sociocultural, biological, interpersonal, and affective factors predicted increases in body dissatisfaction in adolescent girls. Findings indicated that elevated adiposity, perceived pressure to be thin, thin-ideal internalization, and social support deficits predicted body dissatisfaction increases, but early menarche, weight-related teasing, and depression did not. Evidence suggested two distinct pathways to body dissatisfaction: one involving pressure to be thin and one involving adiposity. (Author/KB)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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