| From Fat to Fabulous: Adolescent Obesity, Self-Esteem, and Coping Mechanisms Contributor(s): Elrod, Leslie (Author) |
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ISBN: 3639032993 ISBN-13: 9783639032994 Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K. OUR PRICE: $60.53 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6" W x 9" (0.41 lbs) 132 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Using the National Longitudinal Study for Adolescent Health (Add-Health) this study investigated six hypotheses assessing the relation-ship between adolescent body mass and self-esteem. Specifically, this study sought to identify whether elective coping mechanisms, in-cluding academic performance, extracurricular participation, and vo-luntarism, mediated the relationship between body mass and self-esteem. A variety of statistical methods (including regression and path analyses) revealed that the relationship between adolescent body mass and self-esteem was suppressed by intervening variables in-cluding negative body image and academic performance. When con-trolling for academic performance and body image, adolescents with higher body mass exhibit higher self-esteem than those adolescents with lower body mass at the stringent p> .001 level. The implication of the finding of higher body mass being related to higher self-esteem, when controlling for negative body image and academic per-formance, is enough to give pause. Perception of acceptance of those of varying body sizes may protect a growing group of adolescents from diminished self-esteem. |