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Author Vincent, Maureen Anne

Title Body dissatisfaction and body change strategies among adolescents : a longitudinal investigation / Maureen Anne Vincent
Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2000

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Description xix, 529 leaves ; 30 cm
Summary A longitudinal study of 1194 adolescents (692 girls and 502 boys) found that many adolescents are dissatisfied with their bodies and engage in behaviors to alter their body size or shape. Biopsychological factors explained the development and maintenance of weight related concerns
Notes Submitted to the School of Psychology of the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2000
Bibliography Bibliography: leaves 389-443
Subject Body image in adolescence -- Psychological aspects.
Self-perception in adolescence.
Eating disorders in adolescence.
Teenage girls.
Teenage boys.
Genre/Form Academic theses.
Author Deakin University. Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
Deakin University. School of Psychology