Mexican American Female Adolescent Self-Esteem: The Effect of Body Image, Exercise Behavior, and Body Fatness.

Guinn, Bobby; Semper, Tom; Jorgensen, Layne

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ERIC Number: EJ552843

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Mexican American Female Adolescent Self-Esteem: The Effect of Body Image, Exercise Behavior, and Body Fatness.

Guinn, Bobby; Semper, Tom; Jorgensen, Layne

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v19 n4 p517-26 Nov 1997

A study of 254 Mexican American eighth-grade girls in south Texas found that girls' self-esteem was positively related to body image and exercise involvement and negatively related to body fatness. This population displayed somewhat distorted body image, which was the strongest predictor of self-esteem. Contains 43 references. (SV)

Descriptors: Body Image, Early Adolescents, Exercise, Females, Mexican Americans, Middle School Students, Obesity, Physical Attractiveness, Self Esteem

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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