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JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 46-54Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1359105312437264
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body esteem; weight; adolescents
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This study examined the associations of body esteem with gender, age, and Body Mass Index (BMI) among 905 Hong Kong adolescents using the Body-Esteem Scale (BES). Older age, male gender and lower BMI were associated with better body esteem. Multiple regression analyses indicated significant main effects of gender, age and weight on BES-Total. Significant interaction effects of gender x BMI and gender x age x BMI were also found on BES-Weight (beta = -0.149, p = .028) and BES-Total (beta = -0.139, p = .044). Improvement of body esteem with age may be associated with age-related BMI differences.
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