"I would rather be size 10 than have straight A's": A focus group study of adolescent girls' wish to be thinner
(2000)
Journal Article
Gardiner, M., Tiggemann, M., Tiggemann, M., Gardiner, M., & Slater, A. (2000). "I would rather be size 10 than have straight A's": A focus group study of adolescent girls' wish to be thinner. Journal of Adolescence, 23(6), 645-659. https://doi.org/10.1006/jado.2000.0350
The study aimed to investigate the body concerns of adolescent girls, together with the underlying motivations for the wish to be thinner. Focus group methodology was employed in order to access participants' experience in their own language. Altoget... Read More about "I would rather be size 10 than have straight A's": A focus group study of adolescent girls' wish to be thinner.