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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Sociocultural influences and body image in 9- to 12-year-old girls: The role of appearance schemas |
Author: | Clark, L. |
Citation: | Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007; 36(1):76-86 |
Publisher: | Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
ISSN: | 1537-4416 1537-4424 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Levina Clark and Marika Tiggemann |
Abstract: | This study tested whether an individual's beliefs about the importance of appearance in their life is a mediator of sociocultural influences on body dissatisfaction in young girls. Participants were 265 girls in Grades 4 to 7 (M age = 10.71 years) from 5 private primary schools in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia. Girls completed questionnaire measures of appearance television and magazine exposure, peer appearance conversations, autonomy, appearance schemas, and body dissatisfaction. Appearance media exposure and peer appearance conversations were negatively related to body esteem, and autonomy positively predicted body esteem. Most important, appearance schemas mediated between all sociocultural variables and body dissatisfaction. |
Rights: | Copyright © 2007 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. |
DOI: | 10.1080/15374410709336570 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374410709336570 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Public Health publications |
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