PMID- 33186823
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210506
LR  - 20210506
IS  - 1873-6807 (Electronic)
IS  - 1740-1445 (Linking)
VI  - 36
DP  - 2021 Mar
TI  - Body weight contingent self-worth predicts depression in adolescent girls: The 
      roles of self-esteem instability and interpersonal sexual objectification.
PG  - 74-83
LID - S1740-1445(20)30420-4 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.10.009 [doi]
AB  - This 3-year longitudinal study examined the extent to which body weight 
      contingent self-worth (CSW) predicted depressive symptoms in 439 adolescent girls 
      and the roles of unstable self-esteem and interpersonal sexual objectification in 
      this association. Half-longitudinal mediation showed that the indirect effect of 
      body weight CSW on depression via instability of self-esteem was significant. 
      Prior levels of body weight CSW predicted increases in unstable self-esteem, 
      which predicted increments in depressive symptoms over time. However, earlier 
      levels of depression did not significantly predict increases in self-esteem 
      instability. Moderation analyses indicated that the indirect effect was 
      conditional upon individuals' experience of interpersonal sexual objectification. 
      The positive link between body weight CSW and unstable self-esteem was stronger 
      in girls who experienced more interpersonal sexual objectification. The direct 
      effect of body weight CSW on depression was also moderated by interpersonal 
      sexual objectification. Taken together, basing self-worth on body weight appears 
      to be a risk factor for depression through its association with unstable 
      self-esteem in adolescent girls and sexually objectifying experiences serve to 
      exacerbate the connection between body weight CSW and adverse outcomes.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Ching, Boby Ho-Hong
AU  - Ching BH
AD  - Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau. Electronic address: 
      bhhching@um.edu.mo.
FAU - Wu, Hannah Xiaohan
AU  - Wu HX
AD  - Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau.
FAU - Chen, Tiffany Ting
AU  - Chen TT
AD  - Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20201110
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Body Image
JT  - Body image
JID - 101222431
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Image/*psychology
MH  - *Body Weight
MH  - Depression/*epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Interpersonal Relations
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - *Self Concept
MH  - Sexual Behavior/*psychology
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Adolescents
OT  - Contingent self-worth
OT  - Depression
OT  - Interpersonal sexual objectification
OT  - Self-esteem instability
EDAT- 2020/11/14 06:00
MHDA- 2021/05/07 06:00
CRDT- 2020/11/13 20:11
PHST- 2020/01/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/10/26 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/10/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/11/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/05/07 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/11/13 20:11 [entrez]
AID - S1740-1445(20)30420-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.10.009 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Body Image. 2021 Mar;36:74-83. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.10.009. Epub 2020 Nov 
      10.