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      Youth perception of self and ideal self through drawings: association between perception and weight status

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      Heliyon
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      Psychology, Clinical psychology, Pediatrics

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          Abstract

          Context

          The body image research literature has addressed how young people perceive their self-image thoroughly. Seldom however were youths asked to draw their current vs. ideal selves, neither has this been explored in comparison to weight differences.

          Method

          Ninety participants aged 6–17 (mean 11.73±, SD = 2.84) drew how they perceive themselves (“Me”) and how they might want to look like of they could change their appearance (“Preferred Me”). Participants completed a body figure scale test, and were measured to obtain their BMI percentile.

          Results

          180 drawings were analyzed. Results revealed a relation between drawing sizes of height, waist, width and weight status. Characters' emotions and weight were also associated.

          Conclusion

          Drawings are a youth friendly tool to gain non-invasive insight into youths' body image perception and can help capture perceptions attached to body image and weight. The results matter for medical, educational, and psychological professionals working on creating programs and tools to treat or assess youths' physical and mental challenges related to body image.

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          The KIDSCREEN-27 quality of life measure for children and adolescents: psychometric results from a cross-cultural survey in 13 European countries.

          To assess the construct and criterion validity of the KIDSCREEN-27 health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire, a shorter version of the KIDSCREEN-52. The five-dimensional KIDSCREEN-27 was tested in a sample of 22,827. For criterion validity the correlation with and the percentage explained variance of the scores of the KIDSCREEN-52 instrument were examined. Construct validity was assessed by testing a priori expected associations with other generic HRQoL measures (YQOL-S, PedsQL, CHIP), indicators of physical and mental health, and socioeconomic status. Age and gender differences were investigated. Correlation with corresponding scales of the KIDSCREEN-52 ranged from r = 0.63 to r = 0.96, and r2 ranged from 0.39 to 0.92. Correlations between other HRQoL questionnaires and KIDSCREEN-27 dimensions were moderate to high for those assessing similar constructs (r = 0.36 to 0.63). Statistically significant and sizeable differences between physically and mentally healthy and ill children were found in all KIDSCREEN-27 dimensions together with strong associations with psychosomatic complaints (r = -0.52). Most of the KIDSCREEN-27 dimensions showed a gradient according to socio-economic status, age and gender. The KIDSCREEN-27 seems to be a valid measure of HRQoL in children and adolescents. Further research is needed to assess longitudinal validity and sensitivity to change.
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              Body image in children and adolescents: where do we go from here?

              During the past two decades, there has been an explosion of research concerning body image in children and adolescence. This research has been fueled both by concern about the effects of poor body image in children and adolescents themselves and by the assumption that body dissatisfaction during childhood and adolescence creates risk for the development of body image and eating disturbances as well as depression in adulthood. The extant research, however, has remained largely descriptive and is marked by methodological problems. The purpose of the present paper is to identify substantial gaps in the literature concerning body image in children and adolescents. The focus is on four major issues: (1) measurement, (2) epidemiological data, (3) developmental trends, and (4) the meaning of gender. Addressing these and related questions will aid in the development of treatment and prevention programs.
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                Journal
                Heliyon
                Heliyon
                Heliyon
                Elsevier
                2405-8440
                26 December 2018
                December 2018
                26 December 2018
                : 4
                : 12
                : e01069
                Affiliations
                [a ]Psychology Department, University of California Merced, Merced CA 94340, USA
                [b ]California State University Stanislaus, Psychology Department, Turlock CA, 95382 USA
                [c ]The Institute of Effective Thinking, Riverside CA, 92508, USA
                Author notes
                []Corresponding author. mtrebeaucrogman@ 123456ucmerced.edu
                Article
                S2405-8440(18)34089-1 e01069
                10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e01069
                6307105
                25fb2477-1a1f-4622-abf0-b51a65c65e3f
                © 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

                This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

                History
                : 13 August 2018
                : 19 November 2018
                : 17 December 2018
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                psychology,clinical psychology,pediatrics
                psychology, clinical psychology, pediatrics

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