UČESTALOST I KORELATI PROVOĐENJA DIJETE TIJEKOM ADOLESCENCIJE
FREQUENCY AND CORRELATES OF DIETING BEHAVIOR IN ADOLESCENCE
Author(s): Neala Ambrosi-RandićSubject(s): Gender Studies, School education, Psychology of Self, Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
Keywords: Dieting behavior; Adolescence;
Summary/Abstract: The present study compared the self-esteem, body satisfaction, depression and body mass index among the subjects of different levels of dieting. Self-report measures were administered to 497 schoolgirls and 266 boys attending primary and secondary schools in Croatia. Results showing that 31% of girls and 18,4% of boys were categorised as intermediate and 9,3% of girls and 4,1% of boys fell into a group of extreme dieters. The girls who where dieting reported significantly lower body satisfaction and self-esteem, higher depression and higher BMI as compared with non-dieters.
Journal: Društvena istraživanja - Časopis za opća društvena pitanja
- Issue Year: 10/2001
- Issue No: 53
- Page Range: 415-430
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Croatian