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Direct linkTaylor, Nicole L. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2011
Ethnographic research, including individual interviews, focus groups, and participant observation, was conducted to examine how adolescents defined and negotiated the boundaries between normal/acceptable weight and overweight through direct and indirect teasing. In particular, this article focuses on gender differences in weight-based teasing and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Females, Participant Observation, Focus Groups
Jackson, Todd; Chen, Hong – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
This research assessed the extent to which sociocultural factors implicated in explanations of weight dissatisfaction among young Western females extend to sources of body image concern in emerging adult and adolescent males from the People's Republic of China. In Study 1, 219 Mainland Chinese male university students completed measures of stature…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Body Weight, Sociocultural Patterns, Late Adolescents
