Gender, Excessive Body Weight, and Psychological Well-Being in Adulthood

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12005103
AutoresJamila Bookwala (0000-0002-0953-6931, Lafayette College, autor correspondente), Jenny Boyar (Lafayette College)
Ano2008
Volume32
Fascículo2
Páginas188-195
Data de publicação2008-05-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/j.1471-6402.2008.00423.x
OpenAlexW2140892740
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas42

We examined gender differences in the association between body mass index (BMI) and psychological well-being. Regression analysis involving 3,251 adults indicated that gender moderated the BMI–psychological well-being link. In follow-up analyses, higher BMI predicted lower psychological well-being only among women. When participants were categorized into 5 BMI groups, women reported lower psychological well-being than men in the overweight and obese I groups, but no gender differences were observed in the more seriously obese or normal-weight groups. Also, among women, all 4 groups with higher-than-normal BMI had lower psychological well-being than normal-weight women; for men, no significant differences were found across the 5 groups. These findings are discussed in relation to research on stigma theory and gender-differentiated cultural norms regarding weight

Association (psychology · Body mass index · Developmental psychology · Obesity · Overweight · Psychological well-being · Weight stigma · Clinical Psychology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology