Body Dissatisfaction and Physical Development among Ethnic Minority Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Nishina, Adrienne; Ammon, Natalie Y.; Bellmore, Amy D.; Graham, Sandra
Titel	Body Dissatisfaction and Physical Development among Ethnic Minority Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35 (2006) 2, S.179-191 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-005-9012-7
Schlagwörter	Self Concept; Physical Development; Ethnic Groups; Adolescents; Urban Areas; Grade 9; Gender Differences; Peer Relationship; Bullying; Victims of Crime; Correlation; Social Adjustment; Body Composition; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Asian American Students; White Students; Racial Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstkonzept; Körperliche Entwicklung; Ethnie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Urban area; Stadtregion; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Geschlechterkonflikt; Peer-Beziehungen; Mobbing; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Korrelation; Soziale Anpassung; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	The present study examined the association between body dissatisfaction and adjustment, and the role physical development plays in this association, in an ethnically diverse sample of over 1100 urban, ninth grade boys and girls (M age = 14). More similarities than differences were found across ethnic groups: Caucasian, African American, Latino, Asian, and multiethnic boys reported similar areas of body dissatisfaction, levels of body dissatisfaction, and associations between body dissatisfaction and psychosocial maladjustment. For girls, only mean level differences were found with African American girls reporting lower levels of body dissatisfaction than girls from other ethnic backgrounds. Higher levels of body dissatisfaction predicted more psychological and social maladjustment for both boys and girls. For boys, faster development predicted stronger associations between feeling overweight and peer victimization. Feeling too small only predicted victimization if boys were actually low in physical development. For girls, physical development directly predicted less peer victimization, while perceived faster development predicted more victimization. Thus, it appears that physical development can protect both girls (directly) and boys (buffering against the negative effects of body dissatisfaction) from peer victimization, whereas perceived faster timing of development can exacerbate peer victimization. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10