A prospective study of individual factors in the development of weight and muscle concerns among preadolescent children Saling, Marissa, Ricciardelli, Lina and McCabe, Marita 2005, A prospective study of individual factors in the development of weight and muscle concerns among preadolescent children, Journal of youth and adolescence, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 651-661, doi: 10.1007/s10964-005-8953-1. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title A prospective study of individual factors in the development of weight and muscle concerns among preadolescent children Author(s) Saling, Marissa Ricciardelli, Lina orcid.org/0000-0002-7038-7410 McCabe, Marita Journal name Journal of youth and adolescence Volume number 34 Issue number 6 Start page 651 End page 661 Publisher Springer Netherlands Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2005-12 ISSN 0047-2891 1573-6601 Keyword(s) weight and muscle concerns preadolescent children self-esteem parent and peer relations perfectionism Summary The present study was designed to assess body mass index (BMI), self-esteem, parent and peer relations, negative affect, and perfectionism, as predictors of dieting, food preoccupation, and muscle preoccupation, in 326 preadolescent children (150 girls and 176 boys) aged between 8 and 10 years. Preadolescents were tested twice over a 10-month period. BMI was found to be the main predictor of girls' and boys' dieting, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally. Perfectionism was an important predictor of boys' dieting and muscle preoccupation, while self-esteem, peer relations and negative affect predicted girls' muscle preoccupation. The findings are discussed in relation to past research with both preadolescents and adolescents. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s10964-005-8953-1 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2005, Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30008839 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 24 Feb 2009, 15:14:43 EST Mon, 11 Apr 2011, 10:24:14 EST Thu, 31 Jan 2013, 12:45:05 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 19:40:31 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 19 times in TR Web of Science Cited 20 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 758 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 13 Oct 2008, 15:43:31 EST