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Abstract (Chapter One) An Exploration of the Relationships between Adolescent Pregnancy, Perception of Body Image, and Self-Esteem Leeann W. Buell 1994 Statement of Problem and Objectives of Study Introduction to Problem Concerns about body image are particularly prevalent among adolescents. While the rapid physical changes which occur during adolescence can be viewed as either positive or negative, a number of studies have shown that adolescent girls are more concerned with and generally feel more negative about their appearance than do adolescent boys ( Bailey, Goldberg, Swap, Chomitz & Houser, 1990; Wadden, Brown, Foster & Linowitz, 1991). For example, Wadden, et al., (1991) found that weight was one of the two most salient worries in their sample of 10th grade girls. Bailey, et al. (1990) found, in a study on young under-graduate women, that body dissatisfaction was related more to body shape than to body size. Bunnel, et al. (1992) found dissatisfaction with body shape prominent in adolescent girls, ages 13-17, also. Some researchers (Collins, 1991; Striegel-Moore, Silberstein & Rodin, 1986; Wadden, et al., 1991; Wardle & Beales, 1986) have concluded that disturbances in body image and dissatisfaction with size are the norm for adolescent girls.
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