Gender Differences in Depressive Symptoms during Adolescence: The Contributions of Weight-Related Concerns and Behaviors

Autor/inn/en	Vaughan, Christine A.; Halpern, Carolyn T.
Titel	Gender Differences in Depressive Symptoms during Adolescence: The Contributions of Weight-Related Concerns and Behaviors
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 20 (2010) 2, S.389-419 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00646.x
Schlagwörter	Body Weight; Body Composition; Mediation Theory; Probability; Gender Differences; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Models; Adolescents; Longitudinal Studies; Self Concept; Dietetics; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpergewicht; Mediationsverfahren; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Analogiemodell; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Selbstkonzept; Ernährungslehre
Abstract	A theoretical model of gender differences in depressive symptoms during adolescence was evaluated using data from Waves I and II of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The theoretical model under examination was primarily informed by the gender-additive model of gender differences in depressive symptoms during adolescence proposed by Stice and Bearman. In the model, it was posited that body mass index would be associated with perceiving oneself as overweight, which would then lead to a higher probability of dieting, which would be associated with greater depressive symptoms. Participants were 10,864 male and female adolescents. Gender did not moderate any of the model pathways, but mediation analysis indicated that gender differences in changes in depressive symptoms were mediated by perceived weight status and dieting. Findings suggest that one explanation for girls' higher depressive symptoms in adolescence relative to boys is girls' greater tendencies to perceive themselves as overweight and to diet. (As Provided).
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