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Direct linkRicciardelli, Lina A.; McCabe, Marita P. – Psychological Bulletin, 2004
This review provides an evaluation of the correlates and/or risk factors associated with disordered eating and the pursuit of muscularity among adolescent boys. One of the main conclusions is that similar factors and processes are associated with both behavioral problems. Several factors found to be consistently associated with disordered eating…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Risk, Males, Body Composition
Peer reviewedRicciardelli, Lina A.; McCabe, Marita P. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 2001
Examined the impact of sociocultural influences and the moderating role of self-esteem and negative affect on body dissatisfaction and body change strategies for adolescent boys and girls. Surveys indicated that sociocultural pressures significantly predicted body dissatisfaction and body change strategies among both sexes. Both boys and girls…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Body Weight, Cultural Influences
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
Ricciardelli, Lina A.; McCabe, Marita P.; Lillis, Jessica; Thomas, Kristina – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
The study examined the impact of body mass index (BMI), negative affect, self-esteem, and sociocultural influences in the development of weight and muscle concerns among preadolescent boys. Body dissatisfaction, importance placed on weight and muscles, weight loss strategies, and strategies to increase muscles were evaluated. Participants were 237…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Body Weight, Human Body, Preadolescents
Ricciardelli, Lina A.; McCabe, Marita P. – Psychology in the Schools, 2003
The study examined the role of body dissatisfaction, body image importance, sociocultural influences (media and parent and peer encouragement), self-esteem and negative affect on body change strategies to decrease weight and increase muscles in adolescent boys and girls. Surveys were administered to 587 boys and 598 girls aged between 11 and 15…
Descriptors: Females, Change Strategies, Males, Self Concept
