[Relationship between self concept and obesity in children and adolescents in various spheres of daily life].
This article considers the relation between overweight and the self-concept of children and adolescents in different living areas. The visibility and perceived controllability of obesity is considered. Results of previous studies about this topic are inconsistent. Self-esteem as one aspect of the self-concept is measured by the "list of statements for children and adolescents". Comparing a group of obese (N = 56) with a group of children and adolescents who suffered from other chronic illnesses (N = 22), the obese had a lower self-esteem for the public living areas "school" and "leisure time", but not for the private area "family". A further result shows that the visibility of the illness is significantly related to self-esteem; again this relation is only revealed for the public living areas "school" and "leisure time".
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Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaften. Claudia.Schmidt@uni-bielefeld.de
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D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012574:Schools; D012649:Self Concept; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception
Zusammenhänge zwischen Selbstkonzept und Adipositas bei Kindern und Jugendlichen in unterschiedlichen Lebensbereichen.