Adolescent obesity and life satisfaction: Perceptions of self,peers, family,and school |
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| Authors: | Renata Forste Erin Moore |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Public Health, Yonsei University Graduate School, Seoul, Republic of Korea;2. Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea;3. Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Etiology Research Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea;4. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea;5. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea;6. Department of Sociology, Yonsei University College of Social Sciences, Seoul, Republic of Korea;1. Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO;2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR;3. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX;1. University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA;2. University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA;3. Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, New York, NY, USA;4. Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene and New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Biostatistics, New York, NY, USA;1. Monash University, Australia;2. University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA;3. University of Connecticut, USA;4. University of New South Wales, Australia;5. National University of Singapore, Singapore |
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| Abstract: | This study contributes to research on adolescent life satisfaction by considering its association with body weight, as mediated by perceptions of self, peers, family, and school. Data from the Health Behaviors in School-Age Children Survey (2001–2002) and OLS regression techniques are used to examine the association between body weight and life satisfaction. We also model these relationships by gender. Results indicate lower life satisfaction among adolescents that are overweight and obese relative to healthy weight youth, and that most of the negative association operates through perceptions of self, peers, parents, and school. We find little or no gender difference in the association between body weight and perceptions of self, peers, parents, and school; however, we find perceptions of body weight are generally more strongly associated with low life satisfaction among girls compared to boys. |
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