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KMID : 0614420110380010060
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Mental Health & Social Work
2011 Volume.38 No. 1 p.60 ~ p.80
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The Impact of Obesity and Satisfaction with Appearance on Self-Esteem in Adolescence Focusing on the Moderating Effect of Gender
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Chung Ick-Joong
Lee Ji-Yeon
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Abstract
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Recently, the prevalence of obesity is rapidly increasing among youth in Korea. The adolescents’ obesity leads to a higher prevalence of obesity in adulthood, which increases psychosocial and mental health problems as well as physical health
problems. The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating effects of gender on the relationships among obesity, satisfaction with appearance and self-esteem in adolescence. This study used data from the Korean Youth Obesity Survey 2009 administered by National Youth Policy Institute(NYPI) and conducted multiple regressions. Results showed that there were significant moderating effects of gender in the relationships among BMI(body mass index), satisfaction with appearance and self-esteem. For both boys and girls, there was negative relationship between BMI and self-esteem. The girls’ self-esteem was significantly lower than that of boys when BMI was increased. And the boys’ and girls’ self-esteem was increased in proportion to satisfaction with appearance. However, the girls’ slope was slightly higher than that of the boys. These results indicated that a counseling program for obese girls should be arranged in school. Also, it is important to educate the girls on how to obtain adequate body image. Further implications of this study for youth welfare were discussed to reduce risk for psychosocial problems following adolescent obesity.
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KEYWORD
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obesity, satisfaction with appearance, self-esteem, gender moderating effect
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