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Gender Differences in the Effects of Weight, Weight Perception, and Weight Satisfaction on Depression in Adolescents

Research in Community and Public Health Nursing 2017³â 28±Ç 4È£ p.359 ~ 365
KMID : 1104420170280040359
¶óÁø¼÷ ( Ra Jin-Suk ) - Chungnam National University College of Nursing

±èÇý¼± ( Kim Hye-Sun ) - Chungnam National University College of Nursing
·ùÁ¤¸² ( Ryu Jeong-Lim ) - Chungnam National University College of Nursing

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to investigate gender differences in the association between depressive symptoms and weight, weight perception, and body satisfaction among Korean adolescents.

Methods: A secondary data analysis was performed on data from 33,374 adolescents who participated in the 2015 Adolescent Health Behavior Online Survey. They were classified as underweight, normal weight, or overweight/obese; weight perception was classified into perception of being underweight, normal weight, or overweight/obese; and weight satisfaction into desire to gain weight, satisfied, and desire to lose weight.

Results: Among boys, perception of being underweight (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 1.20, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.07~1.35) and desire to gain weight (AOR: 1.45, 95% CI: 1.30~1.62) were associated with depression. Among girls, perception of being overweight or obese (AOR: 1.18, 95% CI: 1.07~ 1.29) and a desire to lose weight (AOR: 1.30, 95% CI: 1.18~1.42) were associated with depression.

Conclusion: Gender differences were observed in the association between weight perception and depression in adolescents. The perception of being underweight among boys and the perception of being overweight/overweight among girls were associated with depression. Thus, gender-specific intervention programs to correct weight perception and weight satisfaction are needed in order to relieve depressive symptoms in adolescents.
KeyWords

Depression, Body weight, Weight perception, Ideal body weight, Adolescent
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