title: Understanding Girls' Circle as an intervention on perceived social support, body image, self-efficacy, locus of control, and self-esteem.
abstract: The Girls' Circle is a support group for adolescent girls developed by Beth Hossfeld and Giovanna Taormina as a unique program that addresses the needs of girls by focusing on increasing connections, building empathic skills, and developing resiliency. The present study evaluates the effectiveness of the Girls' Circle intervention on improving social support, body image, locus of control, self-efficacy, and self-esteem. Sixty-three girls from 9 support groups (comprising 5 to 15 girls each) across the United States completed the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Body Parts Satisfaction Scale, the Nowicki-Strickland Personal Reaction Survey, Schwarzer's General Self-Efficacy Scale, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale both before and after the 10-week Girls' Circle program. Results revealed a significant increase in social support, body image, and self-efficacy after completion of the program.
authors: Department of Psychology, Dominican University of California, USA.
authors: Stephanie
authors: S
authors: Steese
authors: Maya
authors: M
authors: Dollette
authors: William
authors: W
authors: Phillips
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Hossfeld
authors: Gail
authors: G
authors: Matthews
authors: Giovanna
authors: G
authors: Taormina