Sarah Savoy
Biographic Data
| ID | 5223449 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Savoy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Savoy |
| SIGNATURE | SAVOY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stephen F. Austin State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4378-7950 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Body weight representation in children's picturebooks
The current study analyzed body-weight representation of characters in 50 children's picturebooks about body image. A repeated-measures ANOVA confirmed that average-weight characters were depicted significantly more often than thin and fat characters, both of which were depicted equally as often. There were four times as many average-weight characters as fat characters and nearly 11 times as many average-weight characters as thin characters in th…
Gender Typicality, Pressure to Conform to Gender Norms, and Anti-Fat and Appearance Stereotypes in Girls
The impact of weight-biased media on weight attitudes, self-attitudes, and weight-biased behavior
Educational aspiration–expectation discrepancies
This study examines whether disconnection between educational aspirations and expectations is associated with socioeconomic status, academic performance, academic risk‐related behaviors and related psychosocial factors in an ethnically and economically diverse sample of early adolescents from a public middle school ( N = 761). Results suggest that students who aspire to achieve more than they expect to achieve also are likely to have more economi…
Educational aspiration–expectation discrepancies
This study examines whether disconnection between educational aspirations and expectations is associated with socioeconomic status, academic performance, academic risk‐related behaviors and related psychosocial factors in an ethnically and economically diverse sample of early adolescents from a public middle school ( N = 761). Results suggest that students who aspire to achieve more than they expect to achieve also are likely to have more economi…
The impact of weight-biased media on weight attitudes, self-attitudes, and weight-biased behavior
Gender Typicality, Pressure to Conform to Gender Norms, and Anti-Fat and Appearance Stereotypes in Girls
Body weight representation in children's picturebooks
The current study analyzed body-weight representation of characters in 50 children's picturebooks about body image. A repeated-measures ANOVA confirmed that average-weight characters were depicted significantly more often than thin and fat characters, both of which were depicted equally as often. There were four times as many average-weight characters as fat characters and nearly 11 times as many average-weight characters as thin characters in th…
Psychology (4 works) · Obesity and Health Practices (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (2 works) · Academic achievement (1 work) · Anxiety (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Body weight (1 work) · Demography (1 work)