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Peer reviewedDesmond, Sharon M.; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1986
Adolescents' actual and perceived weights were examined in relation to why adolescents think they weigh what they do, where adolescents obtain weight control information, and adolescents' weight locus of control. Significant chi-square differences were found between weight locus of control orientations and actual and perceived weight categories.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Body Weight, High Schools
