Childhood shyness : a risk factor for the development of weight concerns and eating disorders?

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Childhood shyness : a risk factor for the development of weight concerns and eating disorders?

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The present study assessed weight concerns in 177 New Zealand children aged between 11 and 13, and the relationship between weight concerns and shyness, with the aim of investigating whether childhood social anxiety may be a risk factor for the development of eating disorders. Concerns about weight were assessed using Killen et al.'s (1994) Weight Concerns Scale. Shyness was conceptualised according to Buss' (1986) theory of self­ conscious and fearful shy subtypes, and assessed using the Ear...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

1997

Creator

Jacobsen, Eva Marie

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https://hdl.handle.net/10092/103013

Related subjects

Bashfulness in children / Anxiety in children / Body image in children / Eating disorders in children--Risk factors

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