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Title: Body Dissatisfaction Prospectively Predicts Depressive Mood and Low Self-Esteem in Adolescent Girls and Boys

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2006

ISSN: 1537-4416

DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3504_5

Abstract: 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 differe...

Url: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15374424jccp3504_5

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Authors: Paxton, Susan J.; Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne; Hannan, Peter J; Eisenberg, Marla E

Periodical (Full): Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

Issue: 4

Volume: 35

Pages: 539-549

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