title: Self-esteem of adolescent girls as related to weight.
abstract: The Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale was administered to 550 14- and 16-yr.-old (+/- 6 mo.) girls. Self-esteem scores were categorized by weight and weight by height. Scores on the Quetelet Index for obesity were correlated with self-esteem scores. Mean self-esteem of the low- and middle-weight by height group was significantly higher than the mean of the high-weight by height group. In analyzing weight alone, the self-esteem of the middle-weight group was significantly higher than the self-esteem of the high-weight group. The correlation of the obesity index and self-esteem indicated that as weight increased self-esteem decreased.
authors.affiliation: Department of Home Economics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 72701.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Housley
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mccoy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Greenhouse
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stigger
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kenney
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shoffner
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korslund
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Ercanli-Huffman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012649:Self Concept