Cultural Influences on Body Size Ideals Among African American Women in the Mississippi Delta

Results: One-on-one interviews yielded 25 cognitive maps. The maps contained a total of 169 concepts with 294 connections among them. The lowest number of variables identified on a participant’s map was 4 and the highest was 11. The lowest number of connections made on a participant’s map was 4 and the highest was 39. Through qualitative condensing and matrix addition, the 169 concepts were used to create 27 variables with 134 connections. Feedback from focus group participants resulted in the addition of 3 variables and 9 connections.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D. in Health and Kinesiology

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Health, Exercise Science, and Recreation Management

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Coleman, Lois Marie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Martha Bass
• Anne Cafer
• Allison Ford-Wade

• African American
• body image
• cognitive mapping
• obesity
• weight perception
• women
• Exercise Science

Repository record dc:identifier

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1563

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-2562