Examining the Bidirectional Association Between Body Esteem and Body Mass Index During Adolescence
| Autor: | Nicole Obeid, Martine F. Flament, Gary S. Goldfield, Annick Buchholz, Megan Lamb, Katie E. Gunnell, Darcie D Valois, Katherine A. Henderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Longitudinal study Adolescent Latent growth modeling Body Weight social sciences behavioral disciplines and activities humanities Self Concept Body Mass Index Psychiatry and Mental health Adolescent Behavior Surveys and Questionnaires Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health behavior and behavior mechanisms Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Female Longitudinal Studies Psychology Association (psychology) Body mass index Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP. 42(8) |
| ISSN: | 1536-7312 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE Research on body esteem (weight and appearance esteem) and weight suggests that having a positive body esteem may be associated with more stable weight trajectories during adolescence, and adolescents with higher weight report lower levels of body esteem. However, bidirectional relationships between body esteem and weight have not yet been examined. This 3-year longitudinal study examined (1) bidirectional relationships between body esteem and body mass index (BMI) and (2) how BMI and body esteem changed together throughout adolescence. METHODS Participants (N = 1163 adolescents, at time 1 [T1] baseline; 60.3% female) from a school-based community sample completed surveys approximately annually for 3 years. RESULTS Latent growth modeling revealed that (a) among boys and girls, appearance and weight esteem scores decreased over time, (b) higher initial BMI scores were associated with slower decreases in appearance esteem over time. However, evidence for bidirectionality was not found, in which baseline appearance and weight esteem did not predict changes in BMI over time and vice versa. CONCLUSION Results suggest that changes in BMI and body esteem are co-occurring (rather than predictive) throughout adolescence. The decreasing trajectory of body esteem over time suggests the need for prevention efforts to improve body esteem throughout adolescence. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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