Poor Health and Experiences of Being Bullied in Adolescents: Self‐Perceived Overweight and Frustration with Appearance Matter

Lin, Yi; Latner, Janet D.; Fung, Xavier C. C.; Lin, Chung‐Ying

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“…Indeed, in late adolescence we found a negative association between BMI and peer victimization. Although our results could be a consequence of our use of a general index of victimization rather than an examination of specific subtypes, such as verbal, physical, or relational (Kukaswadia et al., ; Wang, Iannotti, & Luk, ), our findings are consistent with our hypothesis and studies that simultaneously examined psychological factors, such as body dissatisfaction (Fox & Farrow, ; Lee et al., ; Lin et al., ). Our findings further align with prior longitudinal studies that have found BMI to predict body dissatisfaction in girls and boys (Lunde, Frisén, Hwang, Frisen, & Hwang, ; Paxton, Neumark‐Sztainer, Hannan, & Eisenberg, ), and extend the literature by showing that over time this can increase risk for peer victimization among girls.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…The impact of peer victimization on body dissatisfaction was mostly equivalent in girls and boys, which aligns with prior research showing that bullied children are at greater risk of body dissatisfaction and weight misperception (Lee et al., ; Lin et al., ; Lunde et al., ). In later development, there was a transactional association between peer victimization and body dissatisfaction that was only present in girls, which supported our hypothesis that effects would be stronger in girls than boys.…”

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Body mass index, peer victimization, and body dissatisfaction across 7 years of childhood and adolescence: Evidence of moderated and mediated pathways

Lee

Vaillancourt

2018

Developmental Science

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Numerous studies have reported that children and adolescents who are overweight are more likely to get bullied, yet the literature is replete with methodological limitations. We examined the transactional associations between peer victimization and body mass index (BMI), considering potential mediating (body dissatisfaction) and moderating (biological sex) factors. Participants (n = 631) came from the McMaster Teen Study, where students were assessed annually between Grades 5-11, approximately half were girls (53.9%), and the majority were white (76.4%). Peer victimization (from Grade 5) and body dissatisfaction (from Grade 6) were self-reported by students, while parents reported their child's height and weight (from Grade 5). Cascade models were built up sequentially using path analysis across 2-year increments (Grades 5, 7, 9, and 11). The final model had excellent fit to the data (χ = 73.961, df = 66, p = 0.234). Grade 5 peer victimization had a direct effect on BMI across a 2-year period in girls (b = 0.59, SE = 0.21, p = 0.005) and boys (b = 0.82, SE = 0.30, p = 0.006), and an indirect effect on BMI via body dissatisfaction across a 4-year period (b = 0.074, 95% CI = 0.012-0.152, p = 0.036). At no point did BMI directly increase risk for peer victimization, yet there were indirect effects via body dissatisfaction among girls but not boys. Peer victimization and body dissatisfaction were proximally and longitudinally related at every time point and there was a transactional association in late-adolescence among girls but not boys. Targeting modifiable factors in the social (peer victimization) and psychological (body dissatisfaction) domains may limit accelerated weight gain and the health risks associated with excess adiposity.

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confidence: 89%

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Body mass index, peer victimization, and body dissatisfaction across 7 years of childhood and adolescence: Evidence of moderated and mediated pathways

Lee

Vaillancourt

2018

Developmental Science

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“…The reason for the exclusion criterion is because prior research shows that misperception of weight status is a strong predictor of children's psychological distress, and we did not wish for this association to confound the present study. [12][13][14]…”

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Psychological distress and internet-related behaviors between schoolchildren with and without overweight during the COVID-19 outbreak

Chen

O’Brien

et al. 2020

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Objective: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and its resulting social policy changes, may result in psychological distress among schoolchildren with overweight. This study thus aimed to (1) compare psychological distress (including fear of COVID-19 infection, stress, anxiety, and depression), perceived weight stigma, and problematic internet-related behaviors between schoolchildren with and without overweight; (2) assess whether perceived weight stigma and problematic internet-related behaviors explained psychological distress.Methods: Schoolchildren (n=1 357; mean age=10.7 years) with overweight (n=236) and without overweight (n=1 121) completed an online survey assessing their fear of COVID-19 infection, stress, anxiety, depression, perceived weight stigma, problematic smartphone application use, problematic social media use, and problematic gaming.Results: Schoolchildren with overweight had significantly higher levels of COVID-19 infection fear, stress, depression, perceived weight stigma, and problematic social media use than those without overweight. Regression models showed that perceived weight stigma and problematic internet-related behaviors were significant predictors of psychological distress among schoolchildren with overweight.Conclusion: Strategies to manage perceived weight stigma and problematic internet-related behaviors may have a positive influence on mental health among schoolchildren with overweight under health-threatening circumstances, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…Furthermore, the positive response of middle school students was signi cantly negatively correlated with aggressive behavior, while the negative response was signi cantly positively correlated with aggressive behavior [31] . In the same setbacks, high-esteem teens were more likely to experience proactive aggression and low-esteem teens were more likely to produce reactive aggression [32,33] . Resilience refers to the dynamic process in which an individual can still adapt well in a dangerous environment [34] , which is signi cantly positively correlated with the individual's positive personality traits [35] .…”

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Influencing factors of aggressive behavior among left-behind junior high school students: structural equation model

Li¹,

Zhang²,

Li³

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Background High aggressive behavior will harm the physical and mental health of children, and the probability of aggressive behaviors among left-behind junior high school students is significantly higher than that of non-left-behind ones, but the systematic research and intervention measures concerning the aggressive behavior of the left-behind junior high school students quite deficient at present. This study adopts the structural equation model to analyze the interrelationship and action modes of various factors affecting the aggressive behavior of the left-behind junior high school students to provide scientific basis for the mitigation and prevention of their aggressive behavior. Methods A structural equation model was constructed based on data from a cross-sectional survey of 751 left-behind junior high school students using Adolescent Self-rating Life Events Checklist, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Resilience Scale for Chinese Adolescents, Coping Style Questionnaire, and Buss-Warren Aggression Questionnaire. Results Self-esteem, resilience, positive coping, negative coping and household income have different direct or indirect effects on the aggressive behavior of left-behind junior high school students. Among them, self-esteem, resilience, positive coping and negative coping are the important mediating factors between life events and aggressive behavior of left-behind junior high school students. Conclusions Parents, teachers and temporary guardians in the care of left-behind children should try to avoid possible adverse effects that the life events have on the children, meanwhile should also through effective psychological intervention and social support, improving the self-esteem, psychological resilience and positive coping tendencies of left-behind children, in order to reduce or prevent their aggressive behaviors.

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Poor Health and Experiences of Being Bullied in Adolescents: Self‐Perceived Overweight and Frustration with Appearance Matter

Abstract: Body image may be an important factor in the association between weight status and the experience of being bullied.

Cited by 54 publications

References 38 publications

Body mass index, peer victimization, and body dissatisfaction across 7 years of childhood and adolescence: Evidence of moderated and mediated pathways

Body mass index, peer victimization, and body dissatisfaction across 7 years of childhood and adolescence: Evidence of moderated and mediated pathways

Psychological distress and internet-related behaviors between schoolchildren with and without overweight during the COVID-19 outbreak

Influencing factors of aggressive behavior among left-behind junior high school students: structural equation model

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