Gender, body image, and depressive symptoms among low-income African American adolescents

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Grant, K [1 ]
Lyons, A [1 ]
Landis, D [1 ]
Cho, MH [1 ]
Scudiero, M [1 ]
Reynolds, L [1 ]
Murphy, J [1 ]
Bryant, H [1 ]
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[1] De Paul Univ, Dept Psychol, Chicago, IL 60614 USA
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10.1111/0022-4537.00117
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D58 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
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The present study tested for gender differences in depression and body image among a sample of 6th-8th grade low-income African American adolescents, Gender differences were found, with adolescent girls more likely to report both depressive symptoms and poor body image. The most frequently endorsed body image concern for both boys and girls was the desire to lose weight, with approximately half of the girls in this sample reporting they would like to lose weight Results of mediational analyses indicate that poor body image mediates the relation between gender and depression in this sample, suggesting that heightened rates of depression, among girls, ape due to heightened rates of poor body image,
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