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Relationships Between Weight and Body Dissatisfaction, Body Esteem, and Teasing in African American Girls

Chermaine Tyler

Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, cltyler{at}bcm.edu

Craig A. Johnston

Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine

William T. Dalton, III

East Tennessee State University

John P. Foreyt

Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine

This study assessed the relation between weight and weight-related factors (i.e., body dissatisfaction, body esteem, teasing frequency, and the effects of teasing) in a community sample of prepubescent African American girls. African American girls (N = 97) in Grades 3 to 5 completed the McKnight Risk Factor Survey—Third Edition and had their heights and weights taken to calculate body mass index (BMI). Participants were from two public elementary schools with a predominantly African American student population in a Southern metropolitan city of the United States. Increased weight was associated with higher levels of body dissatisfaction and a greater frequency of weight teasing by peers. Weight was not associated with body esteem. These relationships between weight and related factors may be important for understanding how weight affects psychosocial functioning in a community sample of African American girls.

Key Words: African American girls • weight • body satisfaction • body esteem • teasing

This version was published on February 1, 2009

Journal of Black Psychology, Vol. 35, No. 1, 125-132 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0095798408323388
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