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ERIC Number: EJ978089
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Apr
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0273-5024
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Coping against Weight-Related Teasing among Adolescents Perceived to Be Overweight or Obese in Urban Physical Education
Li, Weidong; Rukavina, Paul Bernard; Wright, Paul
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, v31 n2 p182-199 Apr 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine coping against weight-related teasing among adolescents perceived to be overweight or obese in urban physical education. Forty-seven students perceived to be overweight or obese from a large urban school district were interviewed. Trustworthiness of data analysis was established by using a member-checking procedure, focus group interview, and peer debriefing throughout the research process. The results indicated that adolescents perceived to be overweight or obese used self-protection, compensation, confrontation, seeking social support, avoidance/psychological disengagement, losing weight and stress reduction strategies to cope against weight-related teasing. Adolescents used multiple strategies under different mechanisms to cope, and the strategies they chose were dependent on the situation.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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