Weight Control Beliefs, Body Shape Attitudes, and Physical Activity Among Adolescents

Martin, Scott B.; Rhea, Debbie; Greenleaf, Christy; Judd, Doryce E.; Chambliss, Heather O.

doi:10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00585.x

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“…We examined the three mediational relations of screen time for social media, overall smartphone use, and specific smartphone activities to body esteem in female adolescents by focusing on three sequential mediators of cognitive internalization of thin ideals, engagement in social comparison, and social appearance anxiety. In all analyses, we controlled for key covariates of age, income, body mass index (BMI), and internal locus of control over one’s body, all of which have been suggested as factors that influence body esteem [ 29 , 58 , 60 , 61 ]. We used the PROCESS macro [ 62 ] in SPSS (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA), which estimates the 95% confidence interval (CI) for indirect effects based on 5000 bootstrap samples.…”

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Effects of Social Media and Smartphone Use on Body Esteem in Female Adolescents: Testing a Cognitive and Affective Model

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We examined the predictive relations of social media and smartphone use to body esteem in female adolescents and the mechanism that underlies these relations. As a result of frequent social media and smartphone use, adolescents are continually exposed to appearance-related media content. This likely reinforces a thin ideal and fosters appearance-based comparison and increases fear of external evaluation. Hence, we investigated a cognitive-affective framework in which the associations of social media and smartphone use with body esteem are serially mediated by cognitive internalization of an ideal body image, appearance comparisons, and social appearance anxiety. By testing female adolescents (N = 100) aged 13 to 18, we found that excessive social media use leads to unhealthy body esteem via intensified cognitive internalization, which aggravates appearance comparisons and anxiety regarding negative appearance evaluation. Further, we found that screen time for specific smartphone activities also harmed body esteem, independent of social media use. However, overall smartphone screen time did not affect body esteem when social media use was taken into consideration. Our findings underscore the multifactor mechanism that elucidates the negative impacts of social media and smartphone activities on body esteem in female adolescents, who are developmentally susceptible to poor body esteem.

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Effects of Social Media and Smartphone Use on Body Esteem in Female Adolescents: Testing a Cognitive and Affective Model

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“…In addition to cardiovascular risk factors, sleep apnoea is thought to occur in 60% of children affected by obesity globally . Obesity during adolescence is also associated with psychosocial consequences such as low self‐esteem, self‐worth and bullying . This is especially concerning as a recent systematic review showed that 80% of adolescents with obesity remain affected by obesity into adulthood where both these physical and psychosocial factors persist .…”

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Viewpoints of adolescents with overweight and obesity attending lifestyle obesity treatment interventions: a qualitative systematic review

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Summary Background Current UK guidance recommends that adolescents with obesity attend a family‐based multi‐component obesity intervention. However, these programmes suffer from low recruitment and high rates of attrition. Understanding the views of adolescents is necessary for developing future interventions. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize and explore the views of adolescents who have attended an obesity intervention. Methods Published literature was identified by searching six databases. Studies of adolescents (12–17 years) who attended an obesity intervention were examined. Only studies that collected and analysed data qualitatively were included. Full texts were analysed using thematic synthesis. Results Twenty‐eight studies were included. Thirty‐five analytical themes were developed that were broadly divided into seven domains. Key themes included ensuring adolescents receive a ‘tailored intervention’ that involves ‘active engagement’. Support from professionals, family and peers were valued highly. Adolescents expressed ‘prior fears of attending interventions’ and wanted ‘longer term support’. ‘Enjoyment of sport and physical activity’ was evident, and adolescents were strongly motivated by improving body image and social desirability. Discussion Considering the views of adolescents attending obesity interventions may help to inform policy makers in the development of future interventions. This may lead to an improvement in recruitment and attrition rates.

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“…Another study showed that adolescents who believed on high weight controllability were more likely to express that thin individuals, compared to fat ones, would engage and benefit from physical activity and would be satisfied regarding their weight (10). Although international research has identified several socio-economic and cultural factors that might be associated with overweight children (11), few corresponding studies have been performed in eastern countries (12).…”

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Health Behaviors of a Sample of Adolescents in Bandar Abbas, Iran

Aghamolaei

Tavafian

2013

Int J High Risk Behav Addict

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BackgroundHealth promotion for adolescents has become a research priority worldwide and life at school offers a good opportunity to establish health promoting behavior among this age group.ObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate health behaviors of a sample of adolescents in Bandar Abbas, Iran.Materials and MethodsTotally, 410 students including 204 males and 206 females studying in grades 9 to 12 and aged between 15–18 years old were studied. The instruments used to collect data were a self administered demographic questionnaire and the scale of Adolescent Health Promotion (AHP).ResultsThe mean age of participants was 16.5 (SD = 1.34) years. The mean score of Adolescent Health Promotion (AHP) scale was 64.8 (SD = 8.9) ranging from 34.3 to 89.9. Female students scored significantly higher for health-responsibility, life-appreciation, and stress-management than male students (P < 0.05). In contrast, male students scored higher scores on exercise behavior than female (P < 0.05). All dimensions of AHP scale except for nutrition behavior and social support was associated with gender and nutrition behavior was associated with age (P < 0.05).ConclusionsThis study indicated that sedentary life style and physical inactivity is a common and serious problem among high school students of Bandar Abbas.

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Weight Control Beliefs, Body Shape Attitudes, and Physical Activity Among Adolescents

Abstract: Perceived weight controllability may be an important construct to study further, particularly in relationship to health- and weight-related attitudes and behaviors.

Cited by 15 publications

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Effects of Social Media and Smartphone Use on Body Esteem in Female Adolescents: Testing a Cognitive and Affective Model

Effects of Social Media and Smartphone Use on Body Esteem in Female Adolescents: Testing a Cognitive and Affective Model

Viewpoints of adolescents with overweight and obesity attending lifestyle obesity treatment interventions: a qualitative systematic review

Health Behaviors of a Sample of Adolescents in Bandar Abbas, Iran

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