Self-worthandpsychologicaladjustmentofobesechildren:AnanalysisthroughtheDraw-A-Person

摘要： AIMToinvestigatepsychopathologicalcorrelatesofchildobesityviatheDraw-A-Persontest(DAP).METHODSTheparticipantswere50childrenwithameanageof9.74years.Bodymassindex(BMI)wasusedasameasureofbodyfat.Childrenweredividedintonormal(n=17),overweight(n=14)andobese(n=19).TwoqualitativemethodsofscoringtheDAPbasedonanintegrativeapproachwereusedtoassessself-concept(ESW)andoveralllevelofchildrensadjustment(EAC).Aprocedureforjudginginterpretativeskillsofclinicianswasimplementedbeforetheyevaluatedchildrensdrawings.RESULTSAspredictedbyourhypothesis,BMIwasnegativelycorrelatedwithESW,r(50)=-0.29,P<0.05,butnotwithEAC,r(50)=-0.08,P=ns.Toevaluatetheeffectofgender,Pearsoncorrelationswerere-computedregroupingthesampleaccordingly:BMIandEACreachedasignificantnegativecorrelationinfemalesubjects,r(24)=-0.36,P<0.05,andapositivecorrelationinmalesubjects,r(26)=0.37,P=<0.05;negativecorrelationbetweenBMIandESWbecamestrongerinfemales,r(24)=-0.51,P<0.01butnotinmales,whosecorrelationdisappearedresultingnot-significant,r(26)=-0.06,P=ns.Noeffectofagewasfound.Resultsindicatethatobesityhasanegativecorrelationexclusivelyonoveralladjustmentandself-conceptinfemalechildren.CONCLUSIONItwasconcludedthatthereisanegativebiastowardfemalesthatrevealshowthestigmaofobesityiswidespreadinWesternsociety. ... （共10頁）