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Peer reviewedSmith, Delores E.; Reynolds, Thelora U. – Child Study Journal, 1992
Assessed aspects of the adjustment of 233 secondary school students in Jamaica. Students reported satisfaction in seven areas: (1) impulse control; (2) emotional tone; (3) body image; (4) social relationships; (5) sexual attitudes; (6) mastery of the external world; and (7) superior adjustment. Students reported dissatisfaction in the dimensions…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Emotional Adjustment, Family Relationship
Peer reviewedPrendergast, P.; And Others – Child Study Journal, 1974
Reported the relationship of self image to race, social class, urbanicity and age as determined by asking six questions dealing with ability, appearance and interpersonal relations of 1800 young females from a nationally representative sample. (Author/SDH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth, Females
Peer reviewedPage, Randy M. – Child Study Journal, 1991
Addresses issue of whether underweight, normal-weight, and overweight adolescent females who maintain perception of being too fat differ with respect to loneliness, hopelessness, and shyness from each other and from those who do not think they are fat. Results indicate that underweight girls with perception of being too fat suffer significantly…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Body Weight, Eating Habits
