[Psychological consequences of severe overweight in teenagers]
Weight-based victimization toward overweight adolescents: observations and reactions of peers
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- Effects of childhood adversity on bullying and cruelty to animals in the United States: findings from a national sample.
- Hurtful cyber-teasing and violence: whos laughing out loud
- Predictors of health-related quality of life in a sample of children and adolescents: a school survey.
- DESIGN: A cross-sectional design was chosen. METHOD
Weight-based victimization toward overweight adolescents: observations and reactions of peers.Puhl RM, Luedicke J, Heuer C. SourceRudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8369, USA. Rebecca.puhl@yale.edu AbstractBACKGROUND:Weight-based victimization has become increasingly reported among overweight youth, but little is known about adolescents' perceptions and observations of weight-based teasing and bullying. This study examined adolescents' observations of and reactions to weight-based victimization toward overweight students at school. METHODS:Adolescents (N = 1555) at 2 high schools in central Connecticut completed a questionnaire that examined their perceptions of how common weight-based victimization is compared to other forms of teasing at school, what types of weight-based teasing are frequently observed, who typical perpetrators of weight-based victimization are, and their own reactions to observed teasing incidents. Participants also completed the Fat Phobia Scale. RESULTS:Participants perceived being overweight as a primary reason that peers are victimized at school. At least 84% of participants observed overweight students being teased in a mean way and teased during physical activities, and 65% to 77% of students observed overweight and obese peers being ignored, avoided, excluded from social activities, having negative rumors spread about them, and being teased in the cafeteria. Most students also observed verbal threats and physical harassment toward overweight and obese students. Although the majority of participants felt comfortable stepping in to help an overweight peer who has been teased, many remain passive bystanders following these incidents. CONCLUSION:Youth perceive frequent and multiple forms of weight-based victimization. Schools' efforts to address weight bias and assist overweight and obese students are important. J Interpers Violence. 2011 Nov;26(17):3509-25. doi: 10.1177/0886260511403763. Epub 2011 May 20. Effects of childhood adversity on bullying and cruelty to animals in the United States: findings from a national sample.Vaughn MG, Fu Q, Beaver KM, Delisi M, Perron BE, Howard MO. SourceSaint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA. mvaughn9@slu.edu AbstractThis study examined effects of type of and cumulative burden of childhood adversities on bullying and cruelty to animals in the United States. Data were derived from Waves I and II of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults. Structured psychiatric interviews were completed by trained lay interviewers between 2001-2002 and 2003-2004. Although the effects of childhood adversity diminished with the inclusion of confounding variables, several adversities remained significant. For bullying, these included being made to do chores that were too difficult or dangerous, threatening to hit or throw something, pushing, shoving, slapping, or hitting, and hitting that left bruises, marks, or injuries. With respect to cruelty to animals, swearing and saying hurtful things, having a parent or other adult living within the home that went to jail or prison, and adult/other person fondling/touching in a sexual way were significant. The final models indicated that the cumulative burden of childhood adversities had strong effects on the increased likelihood of bullying behavior but not cruelty to animals. J Interpers Violence. 2011 Nov;26(17):3542-60. doi: 10.1177/0886260511403749. Hurtful cyber-teasing and violence: who's laughing out loud?Madlock PE, Westerman D. SourceTexas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas 78041, USA. paul.madlock@tamiu.edu AbstractThe current study sought to specifically examine the affect of teasing by way of technology (cyber-teasing) and the importance of the redressive component of a tease. A triangulated approach was used here to gain better insight into the concept of "hurtful" cyber-teasing between romantic partners. A pretheoretical model was developed highlighting the possible associations between teasing via technology and relational outcomes. Findings provide researchers with the prevalence of hurtful cyber-teasing and the associated personal and relational outcomes. In addition, the relationship between hurtful cyber-teasing and the reasons why certain messages escalated into face-to-face verbal aggression and physical violence were also revealed. These results are discussed in light of the inability of technology to fully transmit the redressive nonverbal component of a cyber-tease. J Clin Nurs. 2011 Nov;20(21-22):3048-56. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03693.x. Epub 2011 Feb 15. Predictors of health-related quality of life in a sample of children and adolescents: a school survey.Haraldstad K, Christophersen KA, Eide H, Nativg GK, Helseth S. SourceOslo University College, Faculty of Nursing, Oslo, Norway. kristin.haraldstad@su.hio.no AbstractAIM:The aim is to study the health-related quality of life in a school sample of children and adolescents aged 8-18 years and to examine the relationship between health-related quality of life and the following variables; age, gender, perceived pain, body image, body mass index and bullying. BACKGROUND:The study of health-related quality of life in children and adolescents have received little attention compared with adults in health care research and still little is known about the associations between health-related quality of life and other variables. DESIGN:A cross-sectional design was chosen. METHOD:We measured the health-related quality of life using the generic questionnaire KIDSCREEN-10. We administered the KIDSCREEN 52-item, and the 10 items were selected from this according to the KIDSCREEN manual. Multilevel regression models were used to evaluate the associations between health-related quality of life and the independent variables. RESULTS:The sample included 1066 children and adolescents, 576 girls and 490 boys, with a response rate of 74%. The results show that body mass index was not significant associated with health-related quality of life in full model. However, in addition to age, being bullied, pain and body image were significant associated with health-related quality of life. Of these predictors, body image has the strongest impact in terms of explained variance in health-related quality of life. CONCLUSION:The subjective sense of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with one's body, perceived body image, is a powerful predictor of health-related quality of life. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE:Knowledge about predictors of health-related quality of life is especially important for public health nurses. Health promotion and intervention programmes that aim to strengthen psychosocial well-being, especially those that strengthen body image, should be developed for both genders. Eur Psychiatry. 2011 Nov;26(8):498-503. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.11.006. Epub 2011 Feb 9. Directory: documents documents -> Concept stage documents -> Concept stage documents -> The great global switch-off documents -> Nonprofit grant application documents -> The Truth about the Rwandan Genocide documents -> Annual InStructional unit plan documents -> Chaos equipment included Download 368.76 Kb. Share with your friends:
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