Search for dissertations about: "wish to be thinner"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words wish to be thinner.

  2. 1. Wish to be thinner : Development and Prediction of Disturbed Eating: A Longitudinal Study of Swedish Girls and Young Women

    Author : Josefin Westerberg Jacobson; Birgitta Edlund; Ata Ghaderi; David Clinton; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Disturbed eating; risk factors; protective factors; eating attitudes; family influences; perfectionism; wish to be thinner; self-esteem; longitudinal design; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Vårdvetenskap med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning; Caring Sciences in Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to examine the development and prediction of disturbed eating attitudes in girls aged 7–20 years. The four studies are part of a seven-year longitudinal project including 1279 girls in several age groups (7, 9, 11, 13, 15 years at inclusion) and their parents. READ MORE

  4. 2. Dieting and eating attitudes in girls : Development and prediction

    Author : Klara Halvarsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Medical sciences; Dieting; eating attitudes; longitudinal design; children and adolescents; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Abstract : The aims of the present thesis were to study: 1. reported eating attitudes, dieting behavior and body image over a 1-year period among preadolescent girls (age 7-8); 2. differences in eating attitudes and coping between groups of teenage girls differing in dieting frequency, and to assess changes with increasing age (age 13-17); and 3. READ MORE

  5. 3. Restrained Eating : Development and Models of Prediction in Girls

    Author : Katarina Lunner; Per-Olow Sjödén; Jon Christian Laberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Caring sciences; teasing; body image; disturbed eating; cross-cultural; longitudinal; path analysis; structural model; Vårdvetenskap; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Abstract : Body image concerns and dieting emerge at an early age among girls and become more pronounced with increasing age. Knowledge about risk factors for disturbed eating is crucial in order to develop theoretical models and to suggest new paths for preventive efforts. READ MORE