A 9-year longitudinal study on trajectories of aggressive and depressive symptoms in male and female children with overweight

Autor: Silvia Cimino, Renata Tambelli, Carlos A. Almenara, Luca Cerniglia, Michela Erriu, Stanislav Jezek
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Male
Developmental trajectories
Longitudinal study
lcsh:Medicine
Poison control
Overweight
Suicide prevention
General Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Body Mass Index
03 medical and health sciences
Child Development
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Injury prevention
Humans
Medicine
Longitudinal Studies
030212 general & internal medicine
lcsh:Science (General)
Child
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Children
Aggressive symptoms
Depressive symptoms
Longitudinal
Depression (differential diagnoses)
2. Zero hunger
Depression
business.industry
Aggression
lcsh:R
General Medicine
children
developmental trajectories
depressive symptoms
longitudinal
overweight
Research Note
lcsh:Biology (General)
Child
Preschool
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Body mass index
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
lcsh:Q1-390
Demography
Zdroj: BMC Research Notes
BMC Research Notes, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2019)
ISSN: 1756-0500
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-019-4734-x
Popis: Objectives The aim of this four waves 9-year longitudinal study was to examine aggressive/depressive symptoms trajectories in a sample of N = 90 children with overweight and a matched group of children with normal weight (subjects balanced by sex and sociodemographic characteristics). Weight and height were measured by pediatricians to calculate body mass index (BMI). Aggressive/depressive symptoms were measured through the Child Behavior Check-List filled out by children’s parents. Multilevel modeling was used to obtain the best fitting curves describing the change over time in aggression and depression scores. These analyses were performed by sex and group. Results Children with overweight showed a general increase of aggressive symptoms over time, with a peak at 8 years of age in males, whereas scores of the control group decreased over time both in males and in females. Female children with overweight showed increasing levels of depressive symptoms, with a peak at 8 years of age; children with normal weight, instead, showed low scores at all assessment points. The results highlight the importance of considering the developmental trajectories of aggression and depression in children of different weight status.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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