title: The stress process and eating pathology among racially diverse adolescents seeking treatment for obesity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the associations of weight-related teasing and daily hassles with eating pathology, as well as potential mediators of these relations, among a racially diverse sample of adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 92 primarily African American 11-17-year-olds seeking treatment for obesity. Data were collected at baseline.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both daily hassles and weight-related teasing were significantly correlated with eating pathology at r = .22 and r = .25, respectively. Feeling upset about teasing mediated the associations of daily hassles (PE = .0093, SE = .0054, 95% BCa bootstrap CI of .0001-.0217) and teasing (PE = .0476, SE = .0198, 95% BCa bootstrap CI of .0093-.0873) with eating pathology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results highlight the importance of psychological interventions in the treatment of weight-loss among adolescents, as stressors may impact eating behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-2018, USA.
authors.forename: Clarice K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Gerke
authors.forename: Suzanne E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Mazzeo
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: Allison A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Palmberg
authors.forename: Ronald K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Edmond P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Wickham
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D014768:Virginia / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: African American adolescents; daily stressors; eating pathology; obesity; teasing