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Direct linkPenny, Helen; Haddock, Geoffrey – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2007
The aim of the present study was to assess the content, favourability and generality of perceptions held about overweight children. The research also addressed whether anti-fat biases change with age and whether they result from a strong association between overweight and bad behaviour, a weak association between overweight and good behaviour or…
Descriptors: Obesity, Physical Activities, Stereotypes, Children
Peer reviewedLerner, Richard M. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Study assesses the relative strength and quality, that is, the richness" of the attributions of individual subjects. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Data Analysis
Peer reviewedGoebel, Barbara L. – Journal of Gerontology, 1982
Investigated age preferences of older adults (61-89 years) for individuals with whom a relationship may potentially affect life satisfaction. Photographs of young, middle-aged, and old adults were rated by 33 older persons. Found older adults showed preferences for old and middle-aged individuals. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitudes, Interpersonal Attraction, Interpersonal Relationship
Stager, Susan Ferencz; Burke, Peter – 1980
Using the interactionist framework and semantic differential and discriminant analysis techniques, the study sought to determine (a) the existence of body build stereotypes, (b) the extent of identification with these stereotypes, and (c) the effect of such identification upon the child's self evaluation. The subjects were 388 children in grades…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Height, Body Image, Body Weight
