Body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, and bulimic behaviours in adolescent women
Subtitle: testing a mediated model of general and specific risk factors
By: by Brian Scott Pauls.
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
Subjects: Body image in adolescence -- Atlantic Provinces.; Eating disorders in adolescence -- Atlantic Provinces.; Leanness -- Psychological aspects -- Atlantic Provinces.; Bulimia -- Psychological aspects -- Atlantic Provinces.; Teenagers -- Health and hygiene -- Atlantic Provinces.; Self-esteem in adolescence -- Atlantic Provinces.; Self-perception in adolescence -- Atlantic Provinces.
Description: This study tested the influence of general and specific risk factors on weight shape preoccupation, specifically body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, and bulimic behaviours. Participants were 215 adolescent high school women, ranging in age from 14 to 19 years, residing in a small Atlantic Canadian city. Results from the study indicated that sociocultural pressures for thinness, negative life experiences, familial dysfunction, and elevated body mass were significant predictors of weight and shape preoccupation. A test of the mediated model also revealed that emotion and avoidant-focused coping, low self-esteem, and internalization of the thin ideal body mediated the relationship between the risk factors and weight and shape preoccupation. Implications for prevention programs and treatment approaches are discussed.
Notes: Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-172).