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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
Peer reviewedGraham, Sandra; Long, Anna – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1986
Two experiments were performed to examine the process of attributional thinking in Black and White children who differed in social class. Blacks did not display a less adaptive attributional pattern than did whites following actual performance on exams, and no differences existed in children's understanding of the meaning of causes. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attribution Theory, Black Youth, Failure
