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Köse, Hüseyin; Özgen, Caner – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
Researches have revealed that most of the university age male individuals are not satisfied with their body image and prefer a more muscular body. This has revealed the accepted phenomena in mental illness classifications such as exercise dependence and eating disorder. In line with this information, the main purpose of the research is to examine…
Descriptors: College Students, Addictive Behavior, Exercise, Physical Fitness
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Saling, Marissa; Ricciardelli, Lina A.; McCabe, Marita P. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2005
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…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Peer Relationship, Predictor Variables, Adolescents