Social Negativity and Obesity: Role of Negative Affectivity

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“…Some authors have shown that sources of alleged protection or affection can be perceived as adverse, unsolicited, or intrusive. Specifically, evidence has shown that when third parties aim to provide help or support, but their action oversteps or has no consent on the relationship boundaries, it could be harmful and threaten the recipient’s autonomy [ 68 ]. In this regard, qualitative and quantitative studies have suggested that perceived social support can be expressed on a continuum whose characteristics range from respectful to intrusive, directive, or overtly dominant [ 69 ].…”

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Acculturative Stress, Perceived Social Support, and Mental Health: The Mediating Effect of Negative Emotions Associated with Discrimination

Baeza-Rivera

Salazar-Fernández

Manríquez-Robles

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The role of perceived social support in the acculturation process of immigrants remains unclear. In this study, we jointly evaluated the associations between acculturative stress and negative emotions associated with discrimination as antecedents of anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms in 283 immigrants living in Chile. Three competing models were tested via structural equation modelling to assess (1) the association among these variables and mental health symptoms and (2) to clarify the role of perceived social support. The third model was theoretically more adequate, showed a better fit, and explained 42.7% of the variance of mental health symptoms. In this model, perceived social support was associated with acculturative stress by reducing mental health symptomatology. Moreover, a direct relationship and an indirect relationship were found between acculturative stress (through negative emotions associated with discrimination) and mental health symptomatology. These results contribute to the understanding of the acculturation process experienced by immigrants in Chile and provide empirical evidence to be used to improve migration policies.

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Acculturative Stress, Perceived Social Support, and Mental Health: The Mediating Effect of Negative Emotions Associated with Discrimination

Baeza-Rivera

Salazar-Fernández

Manríquez-Robles

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“…Regarding obesity, it was observed that in women, both type D personality dimensions correlated with a higher percentage of visceral fat [ 44 ]. Furthermore, it was found that negative affectivity was an independent risk factor in the pathogenesis of obesity, hypertension, and reduced HDL cholesterol levels [ 45 , 46 ]. However, the number of studies devoted to type D personality in the obese population is limited.…”

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Type D Personality and Health Behaviors in People Living with Obesity

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Górski

Domagalska

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Background: Considering that health behaviors and personality traits play an important role in the formation of health attitudes, the main objective of this study was to evaluate the relations that occur between type D personality and health behaviors in a group of obese patients. Methods: 443 adult patients with BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2, who had been hospitalized in selected hospital facilities in the Silesian Voivodeship (Poland), participated in the study. Respondents completed three standardized questionnaires—the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale, version A (MHLC-A), the Inventory of Health Behaviors (IZZ), and the Type D Scale (DS-14). Results: Patients with type D personality were characterized by the least effective mental attitudes and preventive behaviors, and differed significantly from the other personality types (intermediate and non-type D). Type D personality increased the risk of initiating improper health behaviors by more than five times. Regarding the sense of health control, patients with type D personality had significantly lower scores for the Internal Dimension subscale (21.3 ± 3.1) and higher for the Powerful Others Dimension subscale (24.0 ± 2.6), compared to patients with intermediate and non-type D personality. Proper health behaviors correlated with an internal sense of health control; the strongest correlation, defined as a medium, was with Preventive Behaviors (R = 0.42; p < 0.0001). Conclusions: Type D personality was associated with poorer attitudes towards health. Among obese respondents with a type D personality, there was a significantly higher prevalence of those who believed that their health status was a consequence of chance events.

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Social Negativity and Obesity: Role of Negative Affectivity

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References 27 publications

Acculturative Stress, Perceived Social Support, and Mental Health: The Mediating Effect of Negative Emotions Associated with Discrimination

Acculturative Stress, Perceived Social Support, and Mental Health: The Mediating Effect of Negative Emotions Associated with Discrimination

Type D Personality and Health Behaviors in People Living with Obesity

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