Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0343866

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0343866

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A biopsychosocial model of exercise dependence, steroid use and disordered eating among adolescent boys. Recent evidence suggests that hazardous body change strategies adopted by adolescent boys are a major problem. This study validates a biopsychosocial framework to explain the development of exercise dependence, steroid and food supplement use, and disordered eating among at risk adolescent boys. A longitudinal experimental design will be employed. Late maturing boys, who are also less popular with peers, are expected to demonstrate high body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem and high negative affect and maladaptive body change strategies. The result of this study will inform treatment programs for these behaviours.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 07-2003

End Date: 12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $155,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychology | Health, Clinical And Counselling Psychology | Developmental Psychology And Ageing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Child health | Behaviour and health |

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