SELF-ESTEEM IN GIRLS AGED 11-12 - BASE-LINE FINDINGS FROM A PLANNED PROSPECTIVE-STUDY OF VULNERABILITY TO EATING DISORDERS

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BUTTON, E
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10.1016/0140-1971(90)90033-4
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B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
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The paper reports on the first stage of a planned prospective study of self-esteem and risk for eating disorders in 594 schoolgirls aged 11-12. Subjects completed a short questionnaire which incorporated the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and a few "problem" questions, including one on fatness concern. Low self-esteem was associated with increased fatness concern, but also with problems in general. The girls will be followed up in detail at age 15-16, with a view to clarifying whether low self-esteem is predictive of clinically significant eating disorders. © 1990.
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