J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs.  2017 Dec;28(4):359-365. 10.12799/jkachn.2017.28.4.359.

Gender Differences in the Effects of Weight, Weight Perception, and Weight Satisfaction on Depression in Adolescents

• Ra JS
• Kim HS
• Ryu JL

• KMID: 2401750
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2017.28.4.359

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study aims to investigate gender differences in the association between depressive symptoms and weight, weight perception, and body satisfaction among Korean adolescents.
METHODS
A secondary data analysis was performed on data from 33,374 adolescents who participated in the 2015 Adolescent Health Behavior Online Survey. They were classified as underweight, normal weight, or overweight/obese; weight perception was classified into perception of being underweight, normal weight, or overweight/obese; and weight satisfaction into desire to gain weight, satisfied, and desire to lose weight.
RESULTS
Among boys, perception of being underweight (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 1.20, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.07~1.35) and desire to gain weight (AOR: 1.45, 95% CI: 1.30~1.62) were associated with depression. Among girls, perception of being overweight or obese (AOR: 1.18, 95% CI: 1.07~1.29) and a desire to lose weight (AOR: 1.30, 95% CI: 1.18~1.42) were associated with depression.
CONCLUSION
Gender differences were observed in the association between weight perception and depression in adolescents. The perception of being underweight among boys and the perception of being overweight/overweight among girls were associated with depression. Thus, gender-specific intervention programs to correct weight perception and weight satisfaction are needed in order to relieve depressive symptoms in adolescents.

Keyword

Depression; Body weight; Weight perception; Ideal body weight; Adolescent

MeSH Terms

Adolescent Health
Adolescent*
Body Weight
Depression*
Female
Humans
Ideal Body Weight
Odds Ratio
Overweight
Statistics as Topic
Thinness
Weight Perception*

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