PMID- 15925956
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060207
LR  - 20141120
IS  - 0307-0565 (Print)
IS  - 0307-0565 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 9
DP  - 2005 Sep
TI  - Effects of perceived peer isolation and social support availability on the 
      relationship between body mass index and depressive symptoms.
PG  - 1137-43
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To examine relationships between body mass index (BMI) and 
      psychological correlates in Chinese school adolescents during the period of 
      economic transition. DESIGN: Baseline data of 1655 Chinese adolescents aged 11-15 
      y were retrieved from a longitudinal smoking cessation and health promotion 
      program in Wuhan, China. Assessments of body weight and height, depressive 
      symptoms, perceived peer isolation (PPI) and perceived availability of social 
      support (PASS) were collected. RESULTS: Based on the International Obesity Task 
      Force (IOTF) age-and sex-specific BMI cutoffs, 12.5% of boys and 9.2% of girls 
      were overweight. In girls, high BMI was significantly related to higher 
      self-reported depressive symptoms, and was dominantly mediated by PPI. On the 
      contrary, high BMI boys reported significantly lower levels of PPI although high 
      PPI level aggravated depressive symptoms. For both girls and boys, the observed 
      effect of PPI on the relationship between BMI and depressive symptoms was 
      sustained only in low PASS boys and girls. CONCLUSIONS: The present study 
      revealed different effects of PPI on the association of BMI and depressive 
      symptoms between boys and girls, which were buffered by levels of PASS. The 
      findings of this study may contribute to our understanding of the influences of 
      psychological correlates in pediatric overweight in the Eastern cultural 
      environment.
FAU - Xie, B
AU  - Xie B
AD  - Hamovitch Research Center, School of Social Work, University of Southern 
      California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. bxie@usc.edu
FAU - Chou, C-P
AU  - Chou CP
FAU - Spruijt-Metz, D
AU  - Spruijt-Metz D
FAU - Liu, C
AU  - Liu C
FAU - Xia, J
AU  - Xia J
FAU - Gong, J
AU  - Gong J
FAU - Li, Y
AU  - Li Y
FAU - Johnson, C A
AU  - Johnson CA
LA  - eng
GR  - 1 P50 CA84735-01/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Obes (Lond)
JT  - International journal of obesity (2005)
JID - 101256108
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Depression/*psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/psychology
MH  - *Peer Group
MH  - Psychology, Adolescent
MH  - Self Concept
MH  - Self-Assessment
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Social Isolation/*psychology
MH  - *Social Support
EDAT- 2005/06/01 09:00
MHDA- 2006/02/08 09:00
CRDT- 2005/06/01 09:00
PHST- 2005/06/01 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/02/08 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/06/01 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 0803006 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803006 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Obes (Lond). 2005 Sep;29(9):1137-43. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803006.