Issues of self-image among overweight African-American and Caucasian adolescent girls: A qualitative study
Issues of self-image among overweight African-American and Caucasian adolescent girls: A qualitative study
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10.1016/s0022-3182(99)70484-x
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发表时间：
1999-11-01
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Adamiak, M
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Neumark-Sztainer, D;Story, M;Adamiak, M
这项研究旨在收集对超重少女经历的深入描述，以了解她们如何看待自己和社会背景。该研究进一步旨在比较非洲裔美国和白人超重女孩的身体和自我形象问题。研究对象包括 50 名年龄在 14 岁至 20 岁之间的少女，她们来自明尼苏达州圣保罗城市公立高中的初中和高中。使用半结构化访谈指南进行个人访谈，以收集丰富的经历描述。采访被录音、转录和编码。体重问题是女孩们描述自己和理想自我的方式的核心。他们讨论了与人有关和与服装有关的情况，在这些情况下，他们因超重而感到不自在。然而，体重超标显然不是他们生活的唯一方面，他们表达了许多青少年共同的担忧。当对非洲裔美国女孩和白人女孩进行比较时，发现了态度上的相似点和差异。非裔美国和白人女孩表达了她们想要变瘦的愿望，对自己的体型和身材表示不满，并讨论了她们因体重而感到不自在的情况。然而，与白人女孩相比，非裔美国女孩更有可能讨论她们身体的积极方面。此外，女孩感到难为情的具体情况往往因种族而异。医疗保健提供者需要花时间在咨询中讨论与体重相关和非体重相关的超重青少年问题，并以同理心的方式询问自我形象和社交互动问题。此外，由于女孩发表的许多负面言论都集中在与他人的互动上，因此卫生保健提供者和教育工作者可能需要考虑采取策略，向同龄人、家庭成员和其他人传达有关她们对超重青少年发展的潜在影响的信息。研究肥胖的社会心理后果的意义包括评估自我形象的特定领域。
This study aimed to gather in-depth descriptions of the experiences of overweight adolescent girls to understand how they view themselves and their social context. The study further aimed to compare body and self-image issues among African-American and Caucasian overweight girls. The study population included 50 adolescent girls, aged 14 to 20 years, from junior and senior urban public high schools in St. Paul, MN. Individual interviews, using a semistructured interview guide, were used to gather rich descriptions of experiences. interviews were taped, transcribed, and coded,Weight issues were central to the manner in which the girls described themselves and their ideal selves. They discussed people-related and clothing-related situations in which they felt self-conscious due to being overweight. Yet, bring overweight was clearly not the only aspect of their lives, and they expressed concerns common to many adolescents. Both similarities and differences in attitudes were identified when che African-American and Caucasian girls were compared. African-American and Caucasian girls indicated their desire to be thinner, expressed dissatisfaction with their body shape and body size, and discussed situations in which they felt self-conscious due to their weight. However, the African-American girls were more likely to also discuss the positive aspects of their bodies than the Caucasian girls. Furthermore, specific situations in which the girls felt selfconscious tended to differ across ethnicity. Health care providers need to take the time to discuss both weight-related and nonweight-related concerns overweight youth in counseling situations and ask about issues of self-image and social interactions in an empathetic manner. Furthermore, since many of the negative statements made by the girls focused on interactions with others, health care providers and educators may want to consider strategies for reaching peers, family members, and others with messages about their potential influence on the overweight adolescent's development. Implications for research on the psychosocial consequences of obesity include assessing domain-specific aspects of self-image.