The Role of Social Support for Promoting Quality of Life among Persistently Obese Adolescents: Importance of Support in Schools

Autor/inn/en	Wu, Yelena P.; Reiter-Purtill, Jennifer; Zeller, Meg H.
Titel	The Role of Social Support for Promoting Quality of Life among Persistently Obese Adolescents: Importance of Support in Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 84 (2014) 2, S.99-105 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12129
Schlagwörter	Social Support Groups; Obesity; Adolescents; Predictor Variables; Body Weight; Quality of Life; Longitudinal Studies; Comparative Analysis; Teacher Student Relationship; Peer Relationship; Psychological Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Adipositas; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Prädiktor; Körpergewicht; Lebensqualität; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Peer-Beziehungen
Abstract	Background: Despite school-based and other interventions for pediatric obesity, many obese youth of the present generation will persist in their obesity into adolescence and adulthood. Thus, understanding not only how better to tailor weight interventions but how to promote overall adjustment for persistently obese youth is of utmost importance. This study examined the role of perceived social support in predicting later psychosocial status (ie, weight-related quality of life) for persistently obese adolescents. Methods: This study used a longitudinal design whereby persistently obese and nonoverweight comparison youth completed measures at 2 time points approximately 4 years apart. Results: Obese youth reported lower levels of social support than comparison youth. Among obese youth, classmate and teacher support predicted future weight-related quality of life. Conclusions: Social support, particularly from classmates, is an important predictor for the longitudinal psychosocial functioning of persistently obese youth. High levels of perceived teacher support may signal the presence of other psychosocial difficulties. Implications for school-based interventions are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10