ReviewCurrent obesity reports2017
Obesity in Children and the 'Myth of Psychological Maladjustment': Self-Esteem in the Spotlight.
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- Self-esteem in adolescents with obesity: a scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2026Article
- The Effect of Problematic Internet Use, Internet Gaming Disorder and Cyberbullying/Victimization Levels on Self-esteem in Obese AdolescentsJournal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology · 2025Article
- The Mediating Role of Parenting Stress in the Correlation between Internalizing Problems and Maladjustment among School-Age Children in Shanghai, China.International journal of school health · 2024Article
- Longitudinal Associations of Body Fatness and Physical Fitness with Cognitive Skills in Preschoolers.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Female obesity: clinical and psychological assessment toward the best treatment.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Relationship of weight-adjusted waist index and developmental disabilities in children 6 to 17 years of age: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Child and adolescent obesity.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2023Review
- The Influence of Adolescent Sport Participation on Body Mass Index Tracking and the Association between Body Mass Index and Self-Esteem over a Three-Year Period.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Self-esteem and weight status of young adults: Findings from a pilot study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2022Article
- Bullying in the Russian Secondary School: Predictive Analysis of Victimization.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Study of the effect of family communication and function, and satisfaction with body image, on psychological well-being of obese girls: the mediating role of self-esteem and depression.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2020Article
- Psychological Aspects of Obesity in Children and Adolescents.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2018Article
- Early Childhood Obesity Risk Factors: Socioeconomic Adversity, Family Dysfunction, Offspring Distress, and Junk Food Self-Medication.Current obesity reports · 2018Review
- Effects of Educational Program Based on Self-Esteem Enhancement on Weight Status in Obese Women.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThere are contrasting views regarding the psychological well-being of children with obesity. Responding to limitations of existing evidence, Jane Wardle in 2005 argued for a 'myth of psychological maladjustment'. This review looks again at self-esteem. RECENT
findingsThe different characterisations of self-esteem each offer value. Global self-esteem is reduced in nearly all studies of youth with obesity. Dimensional self-esteem reveals physical appearance, athletic and social competence as the most affected areas, confirmed by research that has operationalised low self-competence. Children with obesity are also more likely to be victimised by their peers, generally and for their fatness. Victims who bully others appear to preserve some aspects of self-esteem. A relatively small proportion of youth with obesity has low self-esteem, but those with severe and persistent obesity are especially compromised. Weight loss is only weakly associated with improved self-competence suggesting the value of resilience and asset approaches to improving well-being.
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