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Body-image and eating disturbances prospectively predict increases in depressive symptoms in adolescent girls: A growth curve analysis.

Stice, Eric, Bearman, Sarah Kate·2001·Developmental Psychology

Abstract

Using data from a longitudinal community study (N = 231), the authors tested whether body-image and eating disturbances might partially explain the increase in depression observed in adolescent girls. Initial pressure to be thin, thin-ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction, dieting, and bulimic symptoms, but not body mass, predicted subsequent increases in depressive symptoms, as did increases in these risk factors over the study. There was also prospective support for each of the hypothesized mediational relations linking these risk factors to increases in depressive symptoms. Effects remained significant when other established gender-nonspecific risk factors for depression (social support and emotionality) were statistically controlled. Results provide support for the assertion that body-image and eating disturbances, operating above and beyond gender-nonspecific risk factors, contribute to the elevated depression in adolescent girls.

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Authors
Stice, E., & Bearman, S. K.
Affiliations
The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Venue
Developmental Psychology
Published
2001
Volume
37
Issue
5
Pages
597-607
ISSN
  • 0012-1649 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-0599
OpenAlex
W2084237622
Cited by
704
References
68
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FWCI
12.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (MH-19908, MH 01708, MH12834, F31MH012834, K01MH001708, T32MH019908)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
Keywords
body image, disordered eating, depressive symptoms, adolescent girls, thin-ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction, dieting, bulimic symptoms, risk factors for depression, mediation, social support, emotionality
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Body Image, Depression, Female, Humans, Predictive Value of Tests, Prospective Studies, Social Support, Somatoform Disorders, Temperament

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