Examining the role that weight perception and social influences have on mental health among youth in the COMPASS study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We investigated whether social health mitigates the association between weight perception and anxiety and depression 1 year later in a large sample of Canadian youth in a prospective, gender-specific analysis.

Methods

We used 2 years of linked survey data from 20,485 grade 9-11 students who participated in wave 6 (2017/18) and 7 (2018/19) of the COMPASS study. Mental health outcomes included the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 item (GAD-7) scale and the 10-item Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale Revised (CESD-10-R). Social health encompassed students' perceived relationships with friends, family, teachers, and within schools. Multilevel, prospective, linear models regressed mental health (at wave 7) on social health (at wave 6) and weight perception (

SUBMITTER: Hammami N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8767527 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature