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Evaluation of a prevention program to address body focus and negative affect among children

McCabe, Marita, Ricciardelli, Lina and Salmon, Jo 2006, Evaluation of a prevention program to address body focus and negative affect among children, Journal of health psychology, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 589-598.

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Title Evaluation of a prevention program to address body focus and negative affect among children
Author(s) McCabe, Marita
Ricciardelli, Lina
Salmon, Jo
Journal name Journal of health psychology
Volume number 11
Issue number 4
Start page 589
End page 598
Publisher Sage Publications
Place of publication London, UK
Publication date 2006
ISSN 1359-1053
Keyword(s) body image
negative effect
peer relationships
physical activity
prevention program
self esteem
Summary The current study evaluated a program to improve the body image and positive and negative affect of children. Participants were 368 children aged 8–12 years. The results demonstrated that boys placed more importance on and were less satisfied with their muscles; girls were less satisfied with their weight and the importance of weight increased with increasing age. Children with a large BMI were less satisfied with their weight. Boys in the intervention group showed reduced levels of negative affect over time. Further research is required to develop prevention and intervention programs to lower the effects of body dissatisfaction and negative affect among children.

Language eng
Field of Research 111712 Health Promotion
Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2006, Sage Publications
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003783

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