Quality of Life and Body Image Perception in Adolescents: the Contextual Aspects of This Relationship Using Network Analyses

This study aimed to assess the impact of body image perception on the quality of life of 1081 Brazilian adolescents and to determine the main variables associated with body dissatisfaction. The participants’ ages ranged from 12 to 19 years ( M  = 14.88; SD  = 2.38), and they all completed an online...

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Published in:Trends in Psychology 2021-12, Vol.29 (4), p.734-751
Main Authors: de Oliveira Pinheiro, Bruno, Andrade, André Luiz Monezi, Lopes, Fernanda Machado, Scatena, Adriana, Reichert, Richard Alecsander, de Oliveira, Wanderlei Abadio, Enes, Carla Cristina, da Silva, Andressa Melina Becker, De Micheli, Denise
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Language:English
Subjects:
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Body image
Body mass index
Children & youth
Eating disorders
Ethnicity
Gender
Girls
Original Article
Psychology
Quality of life
Self esteem
Self image
Sociodemographics
Teenagers
Variables
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Summary:This study aimed to assess the impact of body image perception on the quality of life of 1081 Brazilian adolescents and to determine the main variables associated with body dissatisfaction. The participants’ ages ranged from 12 to 19 years ( M  = 14.88; SD  = 2.38), and they all completed an online sociodemographic questionnaire, the Contour Drawing Rating Scale, and KIDSCREEN instruments. According to their body image perception, the participants were classified into the following two groups: satisfied and dissatisfied. Most male adolescents were in the satisfied group (51.3%) and exhibited higher quality-of-life scores in the domains evaluated ( p  
ISSN:2358-1883
2358-1883
DOI:10.1007/s43076-021-00083-1