title: Changes in ratings of figure preference in girls ages five to seven years.
abstract: 12 girls ages 5 to 7 years indicated their figure preferences two times, 15 months apart. There was no difference in selection of current and ideal figures at Time 1, but 15 months later the girls rated their ideal figure significantly smaller than the current figure as have older girls and women.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia.
authors.forename: Marika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tiggemann
authors.forename: Jacinta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lowes
mesh_terms: D001828:Body Image; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D013021:South Australia; D013851:Thinness / Q000523:psychology