Body Image Dissatisfaction in Preadolescent Children
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1996
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0193-3973(96)90007-6
Abstract
This study was designed to explore preadolescent children's body image dissatisfaction and to identify psychometrically sound measures of dissatisfaction for this population. Participants were 109 male and 95 female elementary school students ranging from 8 to 10 years of age. Children completed Child Figure Drawings, a revised version of the Body Dissatisfaction scale of the Eating Disorder Inventory (Revised EDI-BD), Anxiety and Happiness and Satisfaction subscales of the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale, and the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), and each child's gender, race, height, and weight were also recorded. The Child Figure Drawings and the Revised EDI-BD were readministered after 2 to 3 weeks. The Revised EDI-BD emerged as a psychometrically sound measure of body dissatisfaction within this age range. Girls demonstrated significantly higher levels of body dissatisfaction and lower levels of self-esteem than boys. The results are discussed in terms of the development and implications of body dissatisfaction in preadolescent children.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, v. 17, issue 1, p. 85-100
Scholar Commons Citation
Wood, Katherine C.; Becker, Judith A.; and Thompson, Joel K., "Body Image Dissatisfaction in Preadolescent Children" (1996). Psychology Faculty Publications. 2144.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/2144
