Perceived social support from teachers and classmates does not moderate the inverse association between body mass index and health-related quality of life in adolescents
- 04-12-2018
Gepubliceerd in:
- Auteurs
- Thérésa Lebacq
- Maud Dujeu
- Estelle Méroc
- Nathalie Moreau
- Camille Pedroni
- Isabelle Godin
- Katia Castetbon
- Gepubliceerd in
- Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 4/2019
Abstract
Purpose
The current study investigated the association between body mass index (BMI) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among a large and non-clinical sample of adolescents, and tested the possible moderating effect of perceived teacher and classmate support on this association.
Methods
French-speaking Belgian adolescents (n = 11,342) self-reported height and weight, HRQoL (KIDSCREEN-10), as well as their perception of teacher and classmate relationships. Adjusting for sociodemographics, linear regression analyses with HRQoL as the outcome variable were performed for boys and girls separately. Interactions between BMI and teacher support, and between BMI and classmate support were included to examine the effect of this support on the association between BMI and HRQoL.
Results
Obesity was associated with lower HRQoL for boys (β = − 2.14, p = 0.002) and for girls (β = − 2.96, p = 0.001), while only overweight girls showed a significant impaired HRQoL compared with normal-weight ones (β = − 0.94, p = 0.01). In both sexes, lower perceived teacher and classmate support was associated with lower HRQoL. Interactions between BMI and perceived teacher relationships, and between BMI and perceived classmate relationships, were not significant for boys as for girls.
Conclusions
Perceived school-related social support constitutes an important dimension of adolescent well-being, suggesting the relevance of considering it for promoting greater HRQoL in overweight and obese youth. Future studies are needed to confirm the absence of moderating effect of this support and explore its effect on other weight-related factors, like body image, weight misperception and bullying, associated with decreased HRQoL in adolescents.
- Titel
- Perceived social support from teachers and classmates does not moderate the inverse association between body mass index and health-related quality of life in adolescents
- Auteurs
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Thérésa Lebacq
Maud Dujeu
Estelle Méroc
Nathalie Moreau
Camille Pedroni
Isabelle Godin
Katia Castetbon
- Publicatiedatum
- 04-12-2018
- Uitgeverij
- Springer International Publishing
- Gepubliceerd in
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Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-018-2079-x
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