Weight Perception, Academic Performance, and Psychological Factors in Chinese Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Xie, Bin; Chou, Chih-Ping; Spruijt-Metz, Donna; Reynolds, Kim; Clark, Florence; Palmer, Paula H.; Gallaher, Peggy; Sun, Ping; Guo, Qian; Johnson, C. Anderson
Titel	Weight Perception, Academic Performance, and Psychological Factors in Chinese Adolescents
Quelle	In: American Journal of Health Behavior, 30 (2006) 2, S.115-124 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-3244
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Grade Point Average; Self Concept; Academic Achievement; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Depression (Psychology); Middle School Students; High School Students; Questionnaires; Body Weight; Stress Variables; Psychological Patterns; Body Height; Correlation; Gender Differences; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Selbstkonzept; Schulleistung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Fragebogen; Körpergewicht; Körpergröße; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Objective: To investigate weight perception and related psychological factors in Chinese adolescents. Methods: A questionnaire on weight perception, academic performance, stress, hostility, and depression was completed by 6863 middle and high school students. Weight and height were measured. Results: Overweight perception was related to school-related stress and depression in both girls and boys (P less than 0.01) and to hostility in boys (P less than 0.01). Perceived overweight was related to lower GPA in girls only (P less than 0.05). Conclusions: Distorted weight perception has a detrimental psychological impact on Chinese adolescents. These findings may contribute to the obesity research and to the development of future effective intervention programs in China. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10