TY - JOUR
T1 - Body dissatisfaction prospectively predicts depressive mood and low self-esteem in adolescent girls and boys
AU - Paxton, Susan J.
AU - Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne
AU - Hannan, Peter J.
AU - Eisenberg, Maria E.
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - 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 <.05; self-esteem: F = 9.64, p <.01) and midadolescent boys (depressive mood: F = 12.27, p <.001; self-esteem: F = 9.38, p <.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.
AB - 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 <.05; self-esteem: F = 9.64, p <.01) and midadolescent boys (depressive mood: F = 12.27, p <.001; self-esteem: F = 9.38, p <.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.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15374424jccp3504_5
DO - 10.1207/s15374424jccp3504_5
M3 - Article
C2 - 17007599
AN - SCOPUS:33751038027
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 35
SP - 539
EP - 549
JO - Journal of clinical child psychology
JF - Journal of clinical child psychology
IS - 4
ER -