Obesity, family instability, and socioemotional health in adolescence
| Autor: | Robert Crosnoe |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Longitudinal study medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) Psychology Adolescent Overweight Article Developmental psychology Social stigma of obesity Social integration Sex Factors medicine Humans Obesity Risk factor Psychiatry Family Characteristics Socioemotional selectivity theory medicine.disease Health Surveys United States Regression Analysis Female Family Relations medicine.symptom Psychology Adolescent health |
| Popis: | The last two decades have witnessed dramatic increases in obesity and family instability. To the extent that the social stigma of obesity is a risk factor and family instability represents the potential compromise of important protective factors, their convergence may disrupt socioemotional health, especially during periods of heightened social uncertainty. Drawing on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study found that obese youth at the start of high school had higher levels of internalizing symptoms and lower levels of perceived social integration in school only when they had also experienced multiple family transitions since birth. This pattern, however, did not hold for boys, and it did not extend to overweight (as opposed to obese) adolescents of either gender. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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