TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender and Weight Concerns in Early and Middle Adolescence
T2 - Links with Well-Being and Family Characteristics
AU - McHale, Susan M.
AU - Corneal, Devon A.
AU - Crouter, Ann C.
AU - Birch, Leann L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by Grant RO1–HD29409 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Ann C. Crouter and Susan M. McHale, Co-Principal Investigators.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Studied sex and developmental differences in weight concerns in early and middle adolescence and links between concerns and adolescent well-being and family experiences. Participants were mothers, fathers, and older and younger siblings (Ms = 15 and 12.5 years, respectively) from 197, Caucasian, working-middle class, 2-parent families. Parents rated their gender role attitudes and adolescents rated their weight concerns, well-being, gender role orientations, and physical development. Girls reported more concerns than boys; body mass index (BMI) correlated with weight concerns for all youth. Controlling for BMI and pubertal status, weight concerns were linked to older girls' well-being; with physical characteristics controlled, mothers' gender attitudes explained older girls' weight concerns, and siblings' weight concerns explained those of older and younger girls and boys.
AB - Studied sex and developmental differences in weight concerns in early and middle adolescence and links between concerns and adolescent well-being and family experiences. Participants were mothers, fathers, and older and younger siblings (Ms = 15 and 12.5 years, respectively) from 197, Caucasian, working-middle class, 2-parent families. Parents rated their gender role attitudes and adolescents rated their weight concerns, well-being, gender role orientations, and physical development. Girls reported more concerns than boys; body mass index (BMI) correlated with weight concerns for all youth. Controlling for BMI and pubertal status, weight concerns were linked to older girls' well-being; with physical characteristics controlled, mothers' gender attitudes explained older girls' weight concerns, and siblings' weight concerns explained those of older and younger girls and boys.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3003_6
DO - 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3003_6
M3 - Article
C2 - 11501251
AN - SCOPUS:0347746543
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 30
SP - 338
EP - 348
JO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
IS - 3
ER -