Girls' recurrent and concurrent body dissatisfaction: Correlates and consequences over 8 years

Ohring, Richard; Graber, Julia A.; Brooks‐Gunn, Jeanne

doi:10.1002/eat.10049

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“…The social pressure hypothesis posits that in social and societal contexts valuing thinness, the pubertal increase in adiposity in turn results in increased disordered eating symptoms. In fact, early maturing girls do have greater body dissatisfaction and worse body image, which likely stem from pubertal changes in body composition (Koff & Rierdan, 1993;Siegel et al, 1999;Ohring et al, 2002;McCabe & Ricciardelli, 2004). The results of the present study do not conflict with this explanation in women.…”

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An association of early puberty with disordered eating and anxiety in a population of undergraduate women and men

Zehr

Culbert

Sisk

et al. 2007

Hormones and Behavior

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Eating and anxiety disorders are more prevalent in females, increase during adolescence, and are associated with early pubertal development. This study examined whether timing of puberty onset is associated with disordered eating and anxiety in a large sample of post-pubertal male and female undergraduate students. Self-report questionnaires assessed timing of puberty, disordered eating, anxiety, alcohol use, personality, and sensation seeking. Females scored significantly higher on measures of disordered eating (binge eating, dietary restraint, eating concerns, and weight and shape concerns) and anxiety (state and trait anxiety) than did males. In addition, early maturing women and men scored significantly higher on measures of disordered eating and anxiety than on-time or late maturing women and men. Measures of alcohol use, sensation seeking, and personality characteristics differed in males and females but did not vary with pubertal timing. Findings suggest that early puberty is associated with disordered eating and anxiety, and this association may be due to an organizational effect of pubertal hormones. Despite important differences in body fat composition, both males and females experiencing early puberty had an increased incidence of disordered eating. The fact that early puberty was associated with increased eating and anxiety symptoms in both sexes suggests that puberty may influence these symptoms through both biological and psychosocial mechanisms.

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An association of early puberty with disordered eating and anxiety in a population of undergraduate women and men

Zehr

Culbert

Sisk

et al. 2007

Hormones and Behavior

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“…In cross-sectional and prospective studies of adolescents and young adults, BDS is predictive of low self-esteem (6,7) , depressive symptoms (3,(7)(8)(9)(10) , sleep disturbance, stress and low confidence in social situations, often irrespective of actual weight status (4,11) .…”

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Body size dissatisfaction among young Chinese children in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study

Knowles

Ling

Thomas

et al. 2014

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To determine the potential predictors of body size dissatisfaction in Chinese children. Design: The Child's Body Image Scale was used to assess body size perception and dissatisfaction. BMI was calculated from objectively measured height and weight. Predictors of body size dissatisfaction were examined by logistic regression analysis. Setting: Hong Kong, China. Subjects: Six hundred and twenty children (53 % boys, aged 6·1-12·9 years) from a state-run primary school. Results: Female sex (adjusted OR (AOR) = 1·91; 95 % CI 1·32, 2·76), age (AOR = 2·62; 95 % CI 1·65, 4·16 for 8-10 years; AOR = 2·16; 95 % CI 1·38, 3·38 for > 10 years), overweight (AOR = 6·23; 95 % CI 3·66, 10·60) and obesity (AOR = 19·04; 95 % CI 5·64, 64·32) were positively associated with desire to be thinner. Size misperception was a strong predictor of body size dissatisfaction, irrespective of actual weight status (AOR = 1·90; 95 % CI 1·02, 3·54 for overestimation; AOR = 0·43; 95 % CI 0·27, 0·67 for underestimation). Conclusions: Body size dissatisfaction is prevalent among Chinese children as young as 6 years. Female sex, age, overweight, obesity and overestimation of size were associated with increased desire to be thinner. These findings emphasise the importance of preventing body image issues from an early age.

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“…Additionally, preliminary research suggests the relation between certain EWRDs and depression continues in emerging adulthood, underscoring the need to study developmental trends across adolescence [15,32]. Indeed, the majority of studies have used samples of early to mid-adolescents [14,16].…”

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“…By age 16, 9.5% of adolescents will have experienced a depressive disorder [4]. Gender differences in depression emerge around ages [13][14][15], and rates of depression are two to three times higher among women than men in both adolescent and adult populations [2]. However, a significant proportion of young men experience depression in adolescence (e.g., one study found an 11.6% lifetime prevalence rate for major depression in adolescent males [5]).…”

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“…Some research on the relation between EWRDs and depression has focused on cognitive measures of EWRDs, namely body image and body dissatisfaction [11,[15][16][17]. Researchers have also expanded the measurement of EWRDs to include maladaptive body weight regulation strategies and have found support for the prospective relation between both types of EWRDs and depression in adolescence [14,[18][19][20][21].…”

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The Relation between Eating- and Weight-Related Disturbances and Depressive Symptoms among Early and Late Adolescents

Rawana

Morgan²

2013

J Nutr Disorder Ther

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A substantial proportion of adolescents experience clinical and subclinical depression. It is particularly important to study novel risk factors that may broaden our understanding of depression during adolescence. There is growing literature on the relation between eating-and weight-related disturbances (e.g., body weight regulation strategies, body dissatisfaction) and depression during adolescence; however, age and gender differences in this relation remain unclear. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, the current study examined the relation between eating-and weight-related disturbances and depressive symptoms among early and late adolescent girls and boys. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to investigate the relation between eating-and weightrelated disturbances and depressive symptoms after accounting for self-esteem, pubertal status, and body mass index among early and late adolescent girls and boys. Several body weight regulation strategies, including binge eating, purging, and weight control behaviors were associated with depressive symptoms and varied by gender and age. The results are clinically meaningful and have the potential to inform youth mental health services. For example, depression prevention programs could increase their effectiveness by encouraging healthy body weight regulation strategies and nutritional eating, particularly among early adolescents.

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Girls' recurrent and concurrent body dissatisfaction: Correlates and consequences over 8 years

Abstract: Findings suggest that adolescent body dissatisfaction has consequences for affect in adulthood.

Cited by 150 publications

References 24 publications

An association of early puberty with disordered eating and anxiety in a population of undergraduate women and men

An association of early puberty with disordered eating and anxiety in a population of undergraduate women and men

Body size dissatisfaction among young Chinese children in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study

The Relation between Eating- and Weight-Related Disturbances and Depressive Symptoms among Early and Late Adolescents

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