Weight status and psychosocial factors predict the emergence of dieting in preadolescent girls
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A study was conducted to test a longitudinal model predicting the emergence of dieting in preadolescent girls with variables related to weight status, psychological health, body satisfaction, maternal child feeding practices, and family environment. Results showed that the girls' weight status accounts for a large proportion of variance in this model, either independently or as an interaction term claiming weight status at age five years a critical factor related to dieting in young girls.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 2005
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Accuracy of reported weight and menstrual status in teenage girls with eating disorders
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A study investigated the accuracy of reported existing and historical weights and of menstrual status in teenage girls with eating disorders. Results concluded that weight history and menstrual status are of high accuracy in teenage girls with eating disorders, though discrepancies were found between reported and documented weight when the two compared weights referred to different time points.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 2005
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A prospective study of familial and social influences on girls' body image and dieting
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Issues are presented concerning the influence of early adolescent girls' perceptions of relationships within the family on their dieting behaviors and concerns about body image. The effect of pubertal development on body image is discussed.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 2000
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