Fowler B A
Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights 41076.
Adolescence. 1989 Fall;24(95):557-68.
This descriptive correlational study investigated the relationship of body image perception and weight status to recent change in weight status of the adolescent female. Based on earlier research findings supporting the position that obese adolescent females demonstrate a negative body image perception as compared to the nonobese, this investigation identified the need to study body image perception as it applies to all adolescent females and to include a recent change in weight status as it may affect that perception. A convenience sample of 90 adolescent females between the ages of 13 and 17 years was selected from health and gym classes at a large midwestern metropolitan high school. Subjects were grouped into three categories: nonobese, overweight, and obese based on height, weight, and skinfold measurement. They were administered two questionnaires: the Body-Cathexis Scale and a self-report recent change in weight status and demographic questionnaire. Results indicated a significant positive correlation for the overall association of body image perception and weight status. When the analysis was partialled according to defined weight groups, the relationship held only for the overweight group. Differences in body image scores were obtained in association with each of the recent change-in-weight-status questions. Findings confirmed the need to study the association between body image perception and weight status to recent change in weight status with a more heterogeneous group of adolescent females.
这项描述性相关性研究调查了青少年女性的身体形象认知、体重状况与近期体重状况变化之间的关系。基于早期研究结果支持肥胖青少年女性与非肥胖青少年女性相比表现出负面身体形象认知这一观点，本调查确定有必要研究适用于所有青少年女性的身体形象认知，并纳入可能影响该认知的近期体重状况变化。从美国中西部一个大城市的一所大型高中的健康课和体育课中选取了90名年龄在13至17岁之间的青少年女性作为便利样本。根据身高、体重和皮褶测量结果，将受试者分为三类：非肥胖、超重和肥胖。她们接受了两份问卷：身体投入量表以及一份关于近期体重状况变化和人口统计学的自我报告问卷。结果表明，身体形象认知与体重状况的总体关联存在显著正相关。当根据定义的体重组进行偏相关分析时，这种关系仅在超重组中成立。与每个近期体重状况变化问题相关联，获得了身体形象得分的差异。研究结果证实，有必要在更具异质性的青少年女性群体中研究身体形象认知与体重状况以及近期体重状况变化之间的关联。
