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Subjective Social Status And Youth’S Body Mass Index And Perceived Weight, Jennifer Renee Phagan
Subjective Social Status And Youth’S Body Mass Index And Perceived Weight, Jennifer Renee Phagan
Masters Theses
To date there are no studies focusing on the relationship between subjective social status (SSS) and weight perceptions among young people. This study aims to fill this gap in current available literature by examining associations between youth’s family SSS and individual SSS with their gender, race, body mass index (BMI), and weight perceptions. Questionnaires and BMI data were collected from 1,171 youth participating in the 2008 Global Finals of Destination ImagiNation (DI) hosted by the University of Tennessee. Participants ranged in ages 11 to 18 years. Regression analyses indicated that gender, race and individual SSS were significant predictors of BMI. …