ERIC Number: EJ744276
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Publication Date: 2006
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Body Dissatisfaction Prospectively Predicts Depressive Mood and Low Self-Esteem in Adolescent Girls and Boys
Paxton, Susan J.; Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne; Hannan, Peter J.; Eisenberg, Marla E.
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, v35 n4 p539-549 2006
This research examined whether body dissatisfaction prospectively predicted depressive mood and low self-esteem in adolescent girls and boys 5 years later. Participants were early-adolescent girls (n = 440, Time 1 M age = 12.7 years) and boys (n = 366, Time 1 M age = 12.8 years) and midadolescent girls (n = 946, Time 1 M age = 15.8 years) and boys (n = 764, Time 1 M age = 15.9 years). After controlling for Time 1 of the relevant dependent variable, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and body mass index, Time 1 body dissatisfaction was a unique predictor of Time 2 depressive mood and low self-esteem in early-adolescent girls (depressive mood: F = 4.80, p less than 0.05; self-esteem: F = 9.64, p less than 0.01) and midadolescent boys (depressive mood: F = 12.27, p less than 0.001; self-esteem: F = 9.38, p less than 0.01) but not in early-adolescent boys or midadolescent girls. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that body dissatisfaction is a risk factor for depressive mood and low self-esteem in both girls and boys but in different phases of adolescence.
Descriptors: Body Composition, Depression (Psychology), Self Esteem, Early Adolescents, Gender Differences, Predictor Variables, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Risk, Self Concept, Individual Characteristics, Age Differences
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Language: English
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