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Body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, and depression in obese Korean children
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Shin, Na Young | - |
dc.contributor.author | Shin, Min Sup | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-30T03:59:14Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-04-30T03:59:14Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008-03-19 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | J Pediatr. 2008 ;152(4):502-6. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1097-6833 (Electronic) | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18346504 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10371/63550 | - |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationship between obesity and psychological well being in children and to examine the mediation effect of body dissatisfaction on mental health of obese Korean children. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 413 Korean children in grades 5 and 6 from 3 elementary schools completed self-reporting questionnaires on body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, and level of depressive symptoms. A sex-specific body mass index for age at or the above the 95th percentile was defined as obese, and that between the 85th and 94th percentiles was defined as overweight. RESULTS: Obese children demonstrated higher body dissatisfaction and lower self-esteem than normal weight and overweight peers (P = 0 and .008, respectively), but not more depression. Body dissatisfaction mediated the association between obesity and self-esteem. The obese children with body dissatisfaction had significantly lower self-esteem and higher levels of depressive symptoms than the obese children without body dissatisfaction and normal weight children (P = 0). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that childhood obesity may be linked to body dissatisfaction, leading to low self-esteem and high levels of depressive symptoms. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en |
dc.subject | Analysis of Variance | en |
dc.subject | Body Mass Index | en |
dc.subject | Child | en |
dc.subject | Female | en |
dc.subject | Humans | en |
dc.subject | Korea | en |
dc.subject | Male | en |
dc.subject | Obesity/*psychology | en |
dc.subject | Questionnaires | en |
dc.subject | Regression Analysis | en |
dc.subject | Body Image | - |
dc.subject | Self Concept | - |
dc.title | Body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, and depression in obese Korean children | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 신나영 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 신민섭 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.09.020 | - |
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