Self-concept as a factor in the quality of diets of adolescent girls

• Published in: Adolescence Vol. 25; no. 97; pp. 117 - 130
• Main Authors: Newell, G.K, Hammig, C.L, Jurich, A.P, Johnson, D.E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Roslyn Heights, NY Libra Publishers 1990; Libra Publishers Incorporated
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Biological and medical sciences; Body Image; Body Weight; Child development; Children & youth; correlation; diet; Diet & nutrition; Diet, Reducing - psychology; Dietetics; Eating Habits; Feeding Behavior; feeding habits; Female; Females; Food Preferences; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gender Identity; girls; High School Students; High Schools; Humans; Identification (Psychology); Indexing in process; Nutrition; Nutrition Surveys; Nutritional Requirements; Personality Development; Personality. Affectivity; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; quality; Self Concept; Self image; Self representation; self-perception; Human; Body perception; Diet; Body image; Adolescent; Self image; Personality; Nervous anorexia; Self concept; Woman; Alimentary behavior disturbance
• ISSN: 0001-8449

Investigated effect of self-concept on quality of diets of 160 adolescent girls by obtaining scores for self-concept and fat area values. Fat area values were correlated negatively with Physical Self scores. Significant predictors of mean dietary adequacy ratio values below 80 percent were Total Conflict, Moral-Ethical Self, Family Self, Identity, and Physical Self scores. (Author/NB)