Reciprocal Prospective Relationships Between Loneliness and Weight Status in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence.

ABSTRACT: Adolescents who do not conform to weight ideals are vulnerable to disapproval and victimization from peers in school. But, missing from the literature is a prospective examination of weight status and feelings of loneliness that might come from those experiences. Using data from the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development, we filled that gap by examining the prospective associations between loneliness and weight status when the sample was aged 10-13 years. At ages 10, 12, and 13 years, 1042 youth (572 females; 92% from French speaking homes) reported on their loneliness and were weighed and measured. Family income sufficiency was included in our analyses given its relationship with weight status, but also its possible link with loneliness during early adolescence. The findings showe

SUBMITTER: Qualter P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6002443 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature