Tuesday, 20 June 2017

Researcher: Body image problems now the norm for girls and common among boys starting by age 8

Researcher: Body image problems now the norm for girls and common among boys starting by age 8

New research published in Development and Psychopathology has found that physical maturation and teasing predict the growth of appearance-related anxiety in adolescent girls and boys in Australia. The study found a “steep growth” in appearance-related anxiety symptoms in the first half of the teenage years.

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