title: Predicting changes in eating disorder symptoms among adolescents in China: an 18-month prospective study.
abstract: This 18-month prospective study investigated factors that contributed to changes in eating disorder symptoms among adolescents living in the People's Republic of China. Five hundred forty-one Chinese middle school and high school students (182 boys, 359 girls) completed measures of eating disorder symptoms; body dissatisfaction; appearance ideal endorsements; negative affect; and appearance-based social pressure, teasing, and comparison. For girls, baseline levels of negative affect, preference for a thin appearance ideal, and fatness concern made unique contributions to reported eating disturbances at the 18-month follow-up. For boys, baseline body mass index and fatness concerns were the only significant univariate predictors of changes in eating pathology.
authors.affiliation: National Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Southwest University, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, PR China.
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050177:Overweight / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012925:Social Conformity; D012945:Social Values; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013851:Thinness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult