A cascade of rejection and appearance preoccupation : Adolescents' body dysmorphic symptoms and appearance rejection sensitivity over 4 years

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Adolescence is a high-risk period for body image disturbance and appearance concerns. In a cascade model, we examined interrelations of body dysmorphic symptoms (BDS) with appearance rejection sensitivity (ARS) and tested gender moderation. Participants were 397 Australian adolescents (T1 Mage = 11.7, SD = 0.91; 56% girls) who completed six surveys over 4 years. In a random-intercept cross-lag model, two (of five possible) paths showed ARS predicted higher subsequent BDS, and three (of five possible) paths showed BDS predicted higher subsequent ARS. Girls reported more BDS and ARS than boys, and random intercepts of BDS and ARS were correlated with the correlation stronger in girls than boys. Cross-lag BDD-ARS associations over the six waves were not significantly moderated by gender. Overall, girls are at higher risk of appearance concerns than boys, but BDD-ARS cascade effects do not differ between girls and boys.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

The British journal of developmental psychology - 40(2022), 1 vom: 23. März, Seite 17-34

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J [VerfasserIn]
Rudolph, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Pariz, Juliane [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescents
Appearance anxiety
Body dysmorphia
Body image
Gender
Journal Article
Rejection sensitivity
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 21.03.2022

Date Revised 21.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/bjdp.12377

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM324449593