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  title info:
    title: Perceptions of in-service teachers and pre-service teachers toward obese and normal-weight children
  name:
    name part: Schroer, Nathan Albert
    name part: 1942-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Alexander, Patricia A.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Barker, Donald G.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Boyd, Lenore
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  name:
    name part: Nash, William R.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Academic theses
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 1985
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: ix, 96 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm
  abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in perceptions held by in-service and preservice teachers toward obese and normal-weight children. Judgments were made about selected personality characteristics of the children. The subjects were 109 pre-service teachers who were enrolled in teacher preparation courses, and 95 in-service teachers who had classroom teaching experience. The subjects were shown a photograph of either an obese boy, an obese girl, a normal-weight boy, or a normal-weight girl. The photograph of the faces of the boys were the same, as were the faces of the girls. A case description accompanied the photographs which was identical for all children except for appropriate gender differences. The subjects rated one of four possible combinations of weight and gender f or personal characteristics. Analysis of variance was used to assess significant differences in the way obese and normal-weight children were perceived by the subjects. Investigation of interactions was also possible because of the factorial design. The results of the study indicated that for a number of statistically significant characteristics obese children are consistently perceived more negatively than are normal-weight children. Among the significant characteristics were attractiveness, energy level, leadership ability, self-esteem, and the ability to be socially outgoing. With all other variables held virtually constant, obesity alone appeared to be the factor that was responsible for this phenomenon. A number of interactions were observed. For several characteristics, obese boys and obese girls were perceived differently when compared to their normal-weight counterpoints. Also, in-service teachers perceived obese children differently for some characteristics when compared to pre-service teachers.
  note: "Major subject: Educational Psychology."
  note: Typescript (photocopy).
  note: Vita.
  note: Ph. D. Texas A & M University 1985
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-82).
  subject:
    topic: Obesity in children
    topic: Psychological aspects
  subject:
    topic: Teachers
    topic: Attitudes
  subject:
    topic: Major educational psychology
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  identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-597428
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  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 870822
    record change date: 20220103135242.0
    record identifier: in00000585097
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng