ERIC Number: EJ1007992
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Apr
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Emotional Psychopathology and Increased Adiposity: Follow-Up Study in Adolescents
Aparicio, Estefania; Canals, Josefa; Voltas, Nuria; Hernandez-Martinez, Carmen; Arija, Victoria
Journal of Adolescence, v36 n2 p319-330 Apr 2013
Based on data from a three-year longitudinal study, we assess the effect, according to gender, of emotional psychopathology in preadolescence on anthropometric and body composition parameters in adolescence (N = 229). Psychopathology was assessed using the "Screen for Childhood Anxiety and Related Emotional Disorders, the Children's Depression Inventory" and the "MINI-International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Kids". Body fat percentage (%BF), waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) were also determined. Following analysis with adjusted multiple regression models, the results indicated that symptoms of depression and separation anxiety were significantly associated with increased WC and BMI in boys, and that somatic symptoms were associated with increased WC and %BF in girls. Diagnosis of social phobia, panic disorder or dysthymia led to significantly increased WC and/or BMI in boys and dysthymia increased WC in girls. These findings suggest that emotional psychopathology in preadolescence is associated with increased weight gain and abdominal fat in adolescence. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Adolescents, Anxiety Disorders, Body Composition, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances, Separation Anxiety, Longitudinal Studies, Gender Differences, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Correlation, Body Weight, Preadolescents
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Childrens Depression Inventory
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