TY - JOUR PY - 2003// TI - Gender, Race, Childhood Abuse, and Body Image among Adolescents JO - Violence against women A1 - Logio, Kim A. SP - 931 EP - 954 VL - 9 IS - 8 N2 - The research presented in this article examines the influences of race, gender, and sexual or physical abuse on unhealthy eating and dieting practices among Black and White adolescents. Specifically, the project considers the intersection of race and gender on actual and perceived body size. The impact of past sexual or physical abuse emerges as a significant predictor of unhealthy dieting and eating behaviors for Whites but not for Blacks. Although girls are more likely to have distorted body images and to engage in disordered eating and dieting, these differences are further explained with race and past sexual or physical abuse.

LA - SN - 1077-8012 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801203255134 ID - ref1 ER -