Relation between Body-Esteem and Self-Esteem of Obese and Normal Children
- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 54 (3), 899-905
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1982.54.3.899
Abstract
36 elementary school children (20 subjects were below and 16 subjects above 15% overweight) completed a self-esteem and body-esteem questionnaire. The Body-esteem Scale was reliable and suitable for children as young as 7 yr. Body-esteem shared a significant amount of variance with self-esteem and percentage overweight. Although body-esteem and relative weight were correlated, self-esteem and relative weight were not significantly related. Furthermore, body-esteem and self-esteem were not differentially related for 20 normals versus 16 obese children in this sample.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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