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ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2016

Self-Perceived Weight and Anabolic Steroid Misuse Among US Adolescent Boys.

Jonathan D Jampel, Stuart B Murray, Scott Griffiths, Aaron J Blashill

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Article in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nonconforming gender expression and adolescent anabolic-androgenic steroids misuse.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024
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  6. Body dissatisfaction in adolescent boys.Developmental psychology · 2019
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  7. Public health impact of androgens.Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jonathan D JampelBehavioral Science Team, The Fenway Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Stuart B MurrayDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Scott GriffithsSchool of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Aaron J BlashillDepartment of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California; Department of Psychology, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, California. Electronic address: aaron.blashill@sdsu.edu.
Fenway Health · USSan Diego State University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Sydney · AU

Funding

Body Image and Self-care in HIV-infected MSMK23MH096647 · NIMH · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BLASHILL, AARON J · 2012 to 2016
$857k
NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH096647NIMH NIH HHS K23MH096647
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAnabolic steroid misuse is a growing concern among adolescent boys, and chronic misuse is associated with multisystemic health consequences. However, little is known about weight related predictors of anabolic steroid misuse. We examined the prediction of lifetime anabolic steroid misuse as a function of self-perceived weight status among US adolescent boys.

methodsAnalysis was undertaken using the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a nationally representative data set sampling public and private high school students throughout the United States. Data from a total of 6,000 US adolescent boys were used in the present study.

resultsThe prevalence of ever misusing anabolic androgenic steroids was 12.6% among boys who viewed themselves as very underweight, 11.9% for boys who viewed themselves as very overweight, compared with 3.8% for boys who viewed themselves as about the right weight. Compared to boys who viewed themselves as about the right weight, boys who self-perceived themselves as very underweight (adjusted odds ratio = 6.9, 95% confidence interval: 2.7-17.7, p < .001) and very overweight (adjusted odds ratio = 3.8, 95% confidence interval: 1.8-7.7, p < .001) were significantly associated with increased risk of anabolic androgenic steroid misuse.

conclusionsLarge effect size estimates were revealed, suggesting that anabolic androgenic steroid misuse is not solely a function of boys desiring increased mass; boys who desire leanness are also likely to misuse anabolic androgenic steroids. Future prevention efforts should target not only boys who view themselves as underweight but also those who perceive themselves as overweight.

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Self ConceptAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorAnabolic AgentsBody WeightHumansMalePrescription Drug MisuseRisk-TakingSurveys and QuestionnairesTestosterone CongenersAnabolic AgentsTestosterone CongenersAdolescent boysAnabolic steroidsBody imageWeight

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PMCPMC4856064
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