Weight-based victimization among adolescents in the school setting: Emotional reactions and coping behaviors
The present study examined the ways that adolescents cope with experiences of weight-based victimization at school. An initial sample of 1,555 students from two high schools in central Connecticut completed a comprehensive battery of self-report measures to assess their experiences of weight-based teasing and bullying at school, affective responses to these experiences, and coping strategies used to deal with incidents of weight-based victimization. These findings can inform efforts to assist overweight youth to cope adaptively with weight-based victimization.
Full citation: Puhl RM, Luedicke J. Weight-based victimization among adolescents in the school setting: emotional reactions and coping behaviors. J Youth Adolesc. 2012;41(1):27-40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-011-9713-z