title: Associations between teasing, quality of life, and physical activity among preadolescent children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study assessed longitudinal associations between preadolescent's physical activity engagement (PA), health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and teasing during physical activity (TDPA).
  
  
  METHODS
  108 children completed measures of PA, HRQOL, and TDPA during fourth or fifth grade and 1 year later. Potential longitudinal associations between study variables were tested using structural equation modeling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Weight status emerged as an important moderator of the structural relationships. TDPA predicted later HRQOL for children with overweight and obesity, whereas HRQOL predicted later PA in children with normal weight. Both groups demonstrated a significant association between TDPA and HRQOL cross-sectionally.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children with overweight or obesity who experience TDPA are more likely to report poorer subsequent HRQOL. Children with normal weight who experience TDPA are at increased risk for reduced PA 1 year later. Efforts to reduce TDPA may benefit children's HRQOL and increase PA participation.
authors.affiliation: PhD, Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, 1030 SWKT, Provo, UT 84602, USA. chadjensen@byu.edu.
authors.forename: Chad D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Christopher C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Cushing
authors.forename: Allison R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Elledge
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D058445:Bullying / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior
keywords: health promotion and prevention; longitudinal research; peers; quality of life