Body dissatisfaction, dieting awareness and the impact of parental influence in young children

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-147

  Lowes, Jacinta ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 0038030743     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910703321649123     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Attie, I., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1989). Development of eating problems in adolescent girls: A longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, 25, 70-79.
2. Birch, L. L. (1991). Obesity and eating disorders: A developmental perspective. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 29, 265-272.
3. Brodie, D. A., Bagley, K., & Slade, P. D. (1994). Body-image perception in pre- and postadolescent females. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 78, 147-154.
4. Cohn, L. D., & Adler, N. E. (1992). Female and male perceptions of ideal body shapes. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 16, 69-79.
5. Collins, M. E. (1991). Body figure perceptions and preferences among preadolescent children. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 10, 199-208.
6. Crandall, C. S. (1994). Prejudice against fat people: Ideology and self-interest. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 882-894.
7. Fallon, A. E., & Rozin, P (1985). Sex differences in perceptions of desirable body shape. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 94, 102-105.
8. Fisher, J. O., & Birch, L. L. (1999). Restricting access to foods and children's eating. Appetite, 32, 405-419.
9. Grogan, S. (1999). Body image. London: Routledge.
10. Gustafson-Larson, A. M., & Terry, R. D. (1992). Weight-related behaviors and concerns of fourth-grade children. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 92, 818-822.
11. Hill, A. J., & Franklin, J. A. (1998). Mothers, daughters and dieting: Investigating the transmission of weight control. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 37, 3-13.
12. Hill, A. J., Oliver, S., & Rogers, P. J. (1992). Eating in the adult world: The rise of dieting in childhood and adolescence. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 31, 95-105.
13. Hill, A. J., & Pallin, V. (1998). Dieting awareness and low self-worth: Related issues in 8-year-old girls. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 24, 405-413.
14. Hill, A. J., & Robinson, A. (1991). Dieting concerns have a functional effect on the behaviour of nine-year-old girls. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 30, 265-267.
15. Hill, A. J., Weaver, C., & Blundell, J. E. (1990). Dieting concerns of 10-year-old girls and their mothers. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 29, 346-348.
16. Huon, G. F., Godden, V. M., & Brown, L. B. (1997). Reports of dieting among children: Effects of interview style and approach to information collection. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 36, 33-40.
17. Klesges, R. C., Coates, T. J., Brown, G., Tillisch, J., Moldenhauer-Klesges, L. M., Holzer, B., Woolfrey, J., & Vollmer, J. (1983). Parental influences on children's eating behavior and relative weight. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 16, 371-378.
18. Klesges, R. C., Malott, J. M., Boschee, P. F., & Weber, J. M. (1986). The effects of parental influences on children's food intake, physical activity, and relative weight. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 5, 335-346.
19. Maloney, M. J., McGuire, J., Daniels, S. R., & Specker, B. (1989). Dieting behavior and eating attitudes in children. Pediatrics, 84, 482-489.
20. Patton, G. C., Johnson-Sabine, E., Wood, K., Mann, A. H., & Wakeling, A. (1990). Abnormal eating attitudes in London schoolgirls-a prospective epidemiological study: Outcome at twelve month follow-up. Psychological Medicine, 20, 383-394.
21. Polivy, J., & Herman, C. P. (1993). Etiology of binge eating: Psychological mechanisms. In C. G. Fairburn & G. T. Wilson (Eds.), Binge eating: Nature, assessment and treatment (pp. 50-76). New York: Guilford.
22. Ricciardelli, L. A., & McCabe, M. P. (2001). Children's body image concerns and eating disturbance: A review of the literature. Clinical Psychology Review, 21, 325-344.
23. Rodin, J., Silberstein, L., & Striegel-Moore, R. (1985). Women and weight: A normative discontent. In T. B. Sonderegger (Ed.), Psychology and gender (pp. 267-307). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
24. Rodin, J., Striegel-Moore, R. H., & Silberstein, L. R. (1990). Vulnerability and resilience in the age of eating disorders: Risk and protective factors for bulimia nervosa. In J. Rolf, A. S. Masten, D. Cicchetti, K. H. Nüchterlein, & S. Weintraub (Eds.), Risk and protective factors in the development of psychopathology (pp. 361-383). New York: Cambridge University.
25. Rolland, K., Farnill, D., & Griffiths, R. A. (1997). Body figure perceptions and eating attitudes among Australian schoolchildren aged 8 to 12 years. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 21, 273-278.
26. Ruther, N. M., & Richman, C. L. (1993). The relationship between mothers' eating restraint and their children's attitudes and behaviors. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 31, 217-220.
27. Schur, E. A., Sanders, M., & Steiner, H. (2000). Body dissatisfaction and dieting in young children. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 27, 74-82.
28. Silberstein, L. R., Striegel-Moore, R. H., Timko, C., & Rodin, J. (1988). Behavioral and psychological implications of body dissatisfaction: Do men and women differ? Sex Roles, 19, 219-232.
29. Smolak, L., Levine, M. P., & Schermer, E (1999). Parental input and weight concerns among elementary school children. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 25, 263-271.
30. Thelen, M. H., & Cormier, J. E (1995). Desire to be thinner and weight control among children and their parents. Behavior Therapy, 26, 85-99.
31. Thelen, M. H., Lawrence, C. M., & Powell, A. L. (1992). Body image, weight control, and eating disorders among children. In J. H. Crowther, D. L. Tennenbaum, S. E. Hobofoll, & M. A. P. Stephens (Eds.), The etiology of bulimia nervosa: The individual and familial context (pp. 81-101). Washington, DC: Hemisphere.
32. Thompson, S. H., Corwin, S. J., & Sargent, R. G. (1997). Ideal body size beliefs and weight concerns of fourth-grade children. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 21, 279-284.
33. Tiggemann, M. (1992). Body size dissatisfaction: Individual differences in age and gender and relationship with self-esteem. Personality and individual differences, 13, 39-43.
34. Tiggemann, M., & Anesbury, T. (2000). Negative stereotyping of obesity in children: The role of controllability beliefs. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 1977-1993.
35. Tiggemann, M., & Pennington, B. (1990). The development of gender differences in body-size dissatisfaction. Australian Psychologist, 25, 306-313.
36. Tiggemann, M., & Rothblum, E. D. (1988). Gender differences in social consequences of perceived overweight in the United States and Australia. Sex Roles, 18, 75-86.
37. Tiggemann, M., & Wilson-Barrett, E. (1998). Children's figure ratings: Relationship to self-esteem and negative stereotyping. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 23, 83-88.
38. Usmiani, S., & Daniluk, J. (1997). Mothers and their adolescent daughters: Relationship between self-esteem, gender role identity, and body image. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 26, 45-62.
39. Wood, K. C., Becker, J. A., & Thompson, J. K. (1996). Body image dissatisfaction in preadolescent children. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 17, 85-100.