Body image dissatisfaction: gender differences in eating attitudes, self-esteem, and reasons for exercise. Export

@article{FurnhamBadmin2002, abstract = {Two hundred and thirty-five adolescents completed a questionnaire on the subject of eating attitudes, self-esteem, reasons for exercise, and their ideal versus current body size and shape. As predicted, boys were as likely to want to be heavier as lighter, whereas very few girls desired to be heavier. Only girls associated body dissatisfaction with the concept of self-esteem. Male self-esteem was not affected by body dissatisfaction. Specific reasons for exercise were found to correlate with low self-esteem and disordered eating, regardless of sex. The results are discussed in relation to burgeoning published research in this area.}, author = {Furnham, A. and Badmin, N. and Sneade, I.}, citeulike-article-id = {4215705}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12523447}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12523447}, issn = {0022-3980}, journal = {The Journal of psychology}, keywords = {adolescence, correlates, diet, exercise, gender, self-esteem}, month = {November}, number = {6}, pages = {581--596}, posted-at = {2009-03-24 19:07:48}, priority = {2}, title = {Body image dissatisfaction: gender differences in eating attitudes, self-esteem, and reasons for exercise.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12523447}, volume = {136}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - FurnhamBadmin2002 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4215705 N2 - Two hundred and thirty-five adolescents completed a questionnaire on the subject of eating attitudes, self-esteem, reasons for exercise, and their ideal versus current body size and shape. As predicted, boys were as likely to want to be heavier as lighter, whereas very few girls desired to be heavier. Only girls associated body dissatisfaction with the concept of self-esteem. Male self-esteem was not affected by body dissatisfaction. Specific reasons for exercise were found to correlate with low self-esteem and disordered eating, regardless of sex. The results are discussed in relation to burgeoning published research in this area. IS - 6 JF - The Journal of psychology SN - 0022-3980 EP - 596 TI - Body image dissatisfaction: gender differences in eating attitudes, self-esteem, and reasons for exercise. VL - 136 SP - 581 KW - adolescence KW - correlates KW - diet KW - exercise KW - gender KW - self-esteem AU - Furnham, A AU - Badmin, N AU - Sneade, I PY - 2002/11// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12523447 ER -