title: Body image and adolescence: A behavioral impairment model.
abstract: Adolescence is a period marked by important physical and social changes that can lead to a negative body image. The purpose of this study was to find a model enabling the appearance of behavioral impairment related to body image (restrictions, avoidance, and checking) to be predicted by body image attitudes (concern or Appearance Orientation, and dissatisfaction or Appearance Evaluation), Gender, emotional symptomatology, self-consciousness, ideas of reference (IR) and age. A total of 661 participants (67.47% girls) with an average age of 17.14 years (SD=2.34) filled in the GHQ-28, SCS on self-consciousness, REF referential thinking scale, MBSRQ (AO and AE), and BIAQ. A partial mediation model was found for IR, age and depressive symptomatology between dissatisfaction and concern about body image and Gender, to behavioral impairment related to body image. The results found suggest that age, depressive symptomatology, and IR may be mediator variables in the relationship between dissatisfaction and concern about body image, on body image behavioral impairment. This relationship implies a severity to be considered in intervention and monitoring of body image behavioral impairments in adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Cádiz, Ave. República Árabe Saharaui s/n, 11519 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain. Electronic address: cristina.senin@uca.es.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Senín-Calderón
authors.affiliation: Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment Department, St. Camilo José Cela s/n, 41018 Seville, Spain. Electronic address: testal@us.es.
authors.forename: Juan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Testal
authors.affiliation: Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment Department, St. Camilo José Cela s/n, 41018 Seville, Spain; University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Ave. Manuel Siurot, s/n, 41013 Seville, Spain. Electronic address: sperona@us.es.
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perona-Garcelán
authors.affiliation: University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; CIBER Physiopathology Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn), Carlos III Health Institute, Spain. Electronic address: concepcion.perpina@uv.es.
authors.forename: Conxa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perpiñá
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010549:Personal Satisfaction
keywords: Adolescents; Body image concern; Body image evaluation; Depressive symptoms; Ideas of references; Psychopathological risk