Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Self-esteem in girls aged 11-12: baseline findings from a planned prospective study of vulnerability to eating disorders. |
| Authors: |
Button, E (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Journal of Adolescence. 1990 Dec, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p407-413. 7p. |
| Abstract: |
The paper reports on the first stage of a planned prospective study of self-esteem and risk for eating disorders in 594 schoolgirls aged 11-12. Subjects completed a short questionnaire which incorporated the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and a few "problem" questions, including one on fatness concern. Low self-esteem was associated with increased fatness concern, but also with problems in general. The girls will be followed up in detail at age 15-16, with a view to clarifying whether low self-esteem is predictive of clinically significant eating disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
