Body Dissatisfaction, Self-Esteem, and Depression in Obese Korean Children - 07/03/14
Reprint requests: Min Sup Shin, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, Korea 110-744.Riassunto |
Objectives |
To investigate the relationship between obesity and psychological well being in children and to examine the mediation effect of body dissatisfaction on mental health of obese Korean children.
Study design |
A total of 413 Korean children in grades 5 and 6 from 3 elementary schools completed self-reporting questionnaires on body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, and level of depressive symptoms. A sex-specific body mass index for age at or the above the 95th percentile was defined as obese, and that between the 85th and 94th percentiles was defined as overweight.
Results |
Obese children demonstrated higher body dissatisfaction and lower self-esteem than normal weight and overweight peers (P = 0 and .008, respectively), but not more depression. Body dissatisfaction mediated the association between obesity and self-esteem. The obese children with body dissatisfaction had significantly lower self-esteem and higher levels of depressive symptoms than the obese children without body dissatisfaction and normal weight children (P = 0).
Conclusions |
Our findings suggest that childhood obesity may be linked to body dissatisfaction, leading to low self-esteem and high levels of depressive symptoms.
Il testo completo di questo articolo è disponibile in PDF.Abbreviations : ANOVA, BMI, CDI, IOTF, SES, SPPC
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Vol 152 - N° 4
P. 502-506 - aprile 2008 Ritorno al numero
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