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Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research 7/2019

19-02-2019

Body dissatisfaction, internalized weight bias and quality of life in young men and women

Auteurs: Terry Purton, Jonathan Mond, David Cicero, Allison Wagner, Emily Stefano, Devin Rand-Giovannetti, Janet Latner

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 7/2019

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Abstract

Purpose

We examined the relative importance of body dissatisfaction (BD) and internalized weight bias (IWB) in accounting for variance in quality of life (QoL) impairment in an ethnically diverse sample of college students (n = 630) and potential moderation of these associations by sex.

Methods

Participants completed an online survey that included established measures of BD, IWB and QoL. Regression models were used to examine the relative contributions of BD and IWB in accounting for variance in physical and mental QoL impairment.

Results

BD and IWB were highly correlated with bivariate analysis in both women (r = .76) and men (r = .60). In multivariable analysis, IWB was found to be associated with both physical (b = − 1.33, 95% CI − 1.93, − 0.72) and mental (b = − 2.58, 95% CI − 3.45, − 1.72) QoL impairment, whilst BD was not associated with impairment in either physical (b = − 0.29, 95% CI − 0.68, 0.09) or mental (b = − 0.48, 95% CI − 1.03, 0.07) QoL. While levels of both BD and IWB were higher for women than for men, sex did not moderate the association between either BD or IWB and either physical or mental QoL.

Conclusions

The findings support the view that IWB warrants greater attention in interventions seeking to reduce the adverse impact of BD in both women and men and both normal-weight and overweight individuals.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Body dissatisfaction, internalized weight bias and quality of life in young men and women
Auteurs
Terry Purton
Jonathan Mond
David Cicero
Allison Wagner
Emily Stefano
Devin Rand-Giovannetti
Janet Latner
Publicatiedatum
19-02-2019
Uitgeverij
Springer International Publishing
Gepubliceerd in
Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 7/2019
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-019-02140-w

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