Thesis (M.A. in Sociology)--Vanderbilt University, Dec. 2006. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2007. / Title from title page. Lindsey L. Cohen, committee chair; Lisa Armistead, Erin B. McClure, Mary K. Morris, committee members. Electronic text (113 p. : ill. (some col.)) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Oct. 11, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-80).

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by Joan, Fung-yee Chan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-99). / Abstract and questionnaire also in Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iv / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.viii / Chapter CHAPTER ONE - --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Slimness As An Updated Trend --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Physical Appearance as the Main Concern for Adolescents --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Stigma of Being Overweight --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4 --- Possible Psychological Correlates of Overweight --- p.5 / Chapter 1.5 --- Females are More Preoccupied with Appearance? --- p.10 / Chapter 1.6 --- Differences in Psychological Profiles of Boys and Girls with Diffprent Weight --- p.13 / Chapter 1.7 --- Subjective Satisfaction of Weight and Body Shape --- p.15 / Chapter 1.8 --- Related Local Findings --- p.17 / Chapter 1.9 --- Objectives of the Present Study --- p.20 / Chapter 1.10 --- The Use of EDI-2 --- p.22 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO - --- METHODOLOGY --- p.24 / Chapter 2 1 --- Subjects --- p.24 / Chapter 2.2 --- Measures / Scales --- p.24 / Chapter 2.3 --- Procedure --- p.32 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE - --- RESULTS --- p.34 / Chapter 3.1 --- Demographic Characteristics of Sample --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2 --- Prevalence of Overweight Among the Sample --- p.36 / Chapter 3.3 --- Satisfaction of Overall Body Shape --- p.38 / Chapter 3.4 --- Dissatisfaction Towards Different Body Parts --- p.39 / Chapter 3.5 --- Sex Differences --- p.41 / Chapter 3.6 --- Differences in Psychological Profile Among Different Weight Groups --- p.47 / Chapter 3.7 --- Psychological Profiles of Different Weight Groups with Different Levels of Body Shape Satisfaction --- p.53 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR - --- DISCUSSION / Chapter 4.1 --- The Prevalence of Obesity among Chinese Adolescentsin Hong Kong --- p.68 / Chapter 4.2 --- Differences in Psychosocial Variables --- p.68 / Chapter 4.3 --- "“Normative Dissatisfaction"" Towards Own Body Shape" --- p.70 / Chapter 4.4 --- Differences in Psychological Profile between Boys and Girls --- p.73 / Chapter 4.5 --- Effect of Weight among Boys and Girls --- p.76 / Chapter 4.6 --- Effect of Subjective Satisfaction with Own Body Shape --- p.82 / Chapter 4.7 --- Conclusions --- p.87 / Chapter 4.8 --- Limitations of the Present Study --- p.89 / Chapter 4.9 --- Recommendations for Future Studies --- p.91 / REFERENCES --- p.93 / APPENDIX --- p.100

Thesis (MA (Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / Body image and dating relationships are two of the most important topics in the lives of the female adolescents. Yet, not much South African research has been done on either of these themes with adolescent populations and no research could be found to investigate a possible relationship between these two important aspects, both internationally and locally. Therefore, the primary aim of this study was to investigate the potential relationship between female adolescents’ body image and their romantic relationships. Specifically, the aim was to determine if a relationship existed between participants’ self-rated attractiveness and body dissatisfaction, and their relationship status and romantic relationship satisfaction. There were two secondary aims. The first was to investigate how aspects like participants’ culture, age and body size were related to their body image and the second was to determine if aspects like participants’ culture, age and body size were related to their relationship status and satisfaction with their romantic relationships. Questionnaires were distributed to Afrikaans- and English- speaking White girls, Afrikaansspeaking Coloured girls and isiXhosaspeaking girls at four urban, coeducational, secondary schools and 511 questionnaires were completed. Participants selfreported their height and weight, self-rated their facial and bodily attractiveness on a 7- point scale, and completed two measures of body dissatisfaction: the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) Body Dissatisfaction subscale (Garner, Olmstead, & Polivy, 1983) and the Body Cathexis Scale (BCS) (Secord & Jourard, 1953). Participants also indicated their current relationship status using five categories: has never dated anyone, not dating anyone currently, casually dating one or more people, dating one person exclusively, and engaged or planning to marry, and completed the Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS) (Hendrick, 1988), a measure of relationship satisfaction. With regard to the primary aim of the study, results show that there were significant relationships between some of the measures of body image and relationship status for the total sample. In general, it was found that the girls who were involved in exclusive relationships at the time of the study had better body image than the girls who were not. Yet, results for this relationship were different for the different cultural and body mass index groups. With regard to the relationship between body image and relationship satisfaction, the Body Cathexis Scale scores significantly predicted participants’ satisfaction with their romantic relationships. Yet both weight and culture were also found to play a role in the relationship between body image and relationship satisfaction. With regard to the secondary aims of the study, culture was found to be related to body image, body mass index, relationship status and relationship satisfaction, while age played a role in participants’ body mass index and relationship status, and body mass index was related to body image, but not to relationship status and relationship satisfaction. Therefore, participants’ culture and body mass index were significant with regard to body image and romantic relationships, but was also found to play a significant role in the relationship between these two.

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Relationships between body dissatisfaction, dieting methods, father absence, and puberty timing were investigated in this study. Participants included adolescent females from Wave 1 of the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health. Logistic regression results indicated that girls without a biological father in the home were significantly more likely to have an early onset of puberty than on-time or late. Girls who experienced early puberty exhibited higher levels of body dissatisfaction, but didn't use more dieting methods. Early onset girls more likely used dieting methods if their biological father was present than absent; however, no significant difference in body dissatisfaction was shown. A negative relationship with fathers indicated more body dissatisfaction. None of the attained findings were found when the biological mother was absent, and having a stepfather did not seem to matter. Evidence was revealed that fathers play a role in their daughters' view of their own bodies.

Bibliography: leaves 156-165. Electronic publication; full text available in PDF format; abstract in HTML format. Several researchers have indicated that the emphasis placed by young people on body shape and appearance has been greatly shaped by the media. The aim of this research was to investigate this notion specifically with regard to televised media. It was hypothesised that there would be a relationship between media images, eating attitudes and dietary behaviours, particularly for teenagers with body-image self-schemas who were conscious of their appearance. Nine hundred and sixty five senior secondary school students, from 33 country and metropolitan, state and independent, co-educational and single-sex South Australian high schools were surveyed. Electronic reproduction.[Australia] :Australian Digital Theses Program,2001.

Overall, this thesis was designed to explore the nature of adolescent boys' body image, the effects of body image on body change strategies and psychological adjustment, and the factors that influence body image. The first study examined body image in 362 adolescent boys. Body image was considered in terms of attitudes to different body parts and attributes, including, lower, middle and upper body, as well as weight, shape and muscles. The relationships between Body Mass Index (BMI), body image, sociocultural messages, psychological adjustment and body change strategies, including strategies to decrease weight and increase muscles using food and exercise, drive for thinness, bulimic attitudes and behaviour, excessive exercise, food supplements to lose weight, increase muscles and steroids, were also investigated. Multiple regression analyses were used to examine the role of body image, sociocultural messages and psychological adjustment to predict satisfaction with different body attributes and body change strategies. The findings from study one led to the development of a program aimed at preventing the development of unhealthy attitudes and behaviours among adolescent boys. Study two involved the implementation and evaluation of this prevention program. One hundred and twenty one boys participated in the program. The program was based on social-cognitive theory, and included a focus on accepting differences and the development of self-esteem. The boys who participated in the program indicated some change in existing attitudes and showed less development of risk behaviours relative to the control group. The implications of the findings from this thesis in relation to future research, as well as the prevention of adolescent boys' body image problems are discussed.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2003. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-77). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.