Trial reportQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2015
Influence of specific individual and environmental variables on the relationship between body mass index and health-related quality of life in overweight and obese adolescents.
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- Association of Perceived Neighbourhood Walkability with Self-Reported Physical Activity and Body Mass Index in South African Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Pathways of Parental Education on Children's and Adolescent's Body Mass Index: The Mediating Roles of Behavioral and Psychological Factors.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Development and evaluation of air pollution-linked quality of life (AP-QOL) questionnaire: insight from two different cohorts.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- The Relationships between Adolescents' Obesity and the Built Environment: Are They City Dependent?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Increased Prevalence of Psychosocial, Behavioral, and Socio-Environmental Risk Factors among Overweight and Obese Youths in Mexico and the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Perceived social support from teachers and classmates does not moderate the inverse association between body mass index and health-related quality of life in adolescents.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019Article
- Oral clinical status and oral health-related quality of life: is socioeconomic position a mediator or a moderator?International dental journal · 2019Article
- Relationship between Body Image and Psychological Well-being in Patients with Morbid Obesity.International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2018Article
- A 12-week randomized controlled pilot study of dance exergaming in a group: Influence on psychosocial factors in adolescent girls.Cyberpsychology · 2018Article
- Impact of inherent aspects of body image, eating behavior and perceived health competence on quality of life of university students.PloS one · 2018Article
- Step Tracking with Goals Increases Children's Weight Loss in Behavioral Intervention.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2017Article
- Unhealthy weight control behaviors mediate the association between weight status and weight-specific health-related quality of life in treatment-seeking youth who are obese.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeOverweight and obese adolescents are at risk for low health-related quality of life (HRQOL). We examined the role of individual- and environmental-level variables on the relationship between body mass index (BMI kg/m(2)) and HRQOL in adolescents.
methodsLinear regressions were performed to conduct mediation and moderation analyses on the relationship between BMI and HRQOL in overweight and obese adolescents (N = 205). HRQOL was measured by the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Hypothesized mediators included depression, measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; body image, measured by the gender-specific body dissatisfaction subscale of the Eating Disorder Inventory; and self-esteem, measured by the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Mediation was assessed using Baron and Kenny's approach and Sobel's test of indirect effects. Anglo-acculturation, measured by the Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics-Youth, and environmental perception, measured by parent-proxy report of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale, were hypothesized moderators.
resultsBody image mediated the relationship between BMI and HRQOL (b = -0.34, SE = 0.17, adj R (2) = 0.19, p = .051), and self-esteem was a partial mediator (b = -0.37, SE = 0.17, adj R (2) = 0.24, p = .027). Sobel's test confirmed these results (p < .05). No significant moderation effects were found.
conclusionsThe finding that individual-level factors, such as body image and self-esteem, influence the relationship between BMI and HRQOL while environmental factors, such as neighborhood environment and acculturation, do not extends previous research. The finding that body image and self-esteem partially mediate this relationship presents new areas to investigate in interventions that address BMI in youth.
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