1994
DOI: 10.1002/1098-108x(199407)16:1<67::aid-eat2260160107>3.0.co;2-i
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Eating attitudes in urban and suburban adolescents

Abstract: We administered the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT), Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Scale, and Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory to two populations of high school students. The first group, 268 suburban females (mean age 16.2 years), completed their questionnaires in May 1988. The second population, 389 females and 281 males (mean age 16.0 years) in a city school with 92% black or Hispanic students, completed their questionnaires in February 1990 and were also measured for height and weight as part of a health screening.… Show more

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“…Martin et al (43) found higher Rosenberg self-esteem scores in low and middle weight by height categories compared to the highest weight by height category in 550 14-and 16-year-old females. Fisher et al (12) found similar results in an urban sample of 399 mostly black and Hispanic female high school students. Kertesz et al (33) also found lower body image scores in overweight students aged 14 to 15 years.…”
Section: Cross-sectional Studiesmentioning
confidence: 64%
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“…Martin et al (43) found higher Rosenberg self-esteem scores in low and middle weight by height categories compared to the highest weight by height category in 550 14-and 16-year-old females. Fisher et al (12) found similar results in an urban sample of 399 mostly black and Hispanic female high school students. Kertesz et al (33) also found lower body image scores in overweight students aged 14 to 15 years.…”
Section: Cross-sectional Studiesmentioning
confidence: 64%
“…However, self-esteem increases did not produce greater weight losses in treatment. Only two cross-sectional studies (12,43) and one treatment study (7 1) were comprised of nonwhite adolescents (black, in both studies). In both studies, findings were similar to those in white adolescents.…”
Section: Treatment Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Generalization from these cases to other adolescents of color is very limited. In contrast, a comparison study between suburban and urban females found that the urban females (89% of whom were African American or Mexican American) had fewer eating disorder symptoms, higher self-esteem, and lower anxiety (Fisher, Pastors, Schneider, Peeler, & Neapolitan, 1994). This nding may be partially attributable to the support the African American and Mexican American youth received from their ethnoculturally similar peer group.…”
Section: Peer Group Identi Cationmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…Furthermore, self-esteem was significantly associated with attempts to restrict calories to lose weight. Associations between overweight and psychosocial factors have been inconsistent [16], with some studies reporting an inverse relationship between BMI and self-esteem [17][18][19], and others showing no association [20][21][22]. Some of the postulated reasons for the divergent findings include methodological differences in measuring selfesteem, differences in samples surveyed (clinical and nonclinical groups), and in sociodemographic profiles.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%