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Psychological Aspects of Childhood Obesity: A Controlled Study in a Clinical and Nonclinical Sample

Author(s) -

Caroline Braet,

Ivan Mervielde,

Walter Vandereycken

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

journal of pediatric psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.054

H-Index - 121

eISSN - 1465-735X

pISSN - 0146-8693

DOI - 10.1093/jpepsy/22.1.59

Subject(s) - psychosocial , child behavior checklist , psychopathology , obesity , socioeconomic status , psychology , cbcl , clinical psychology , checklist , childhood obesity , overweight , developmental psychology , medicine , psychiatry , population , environmental health , cognitive psychology

Explored the relationship between obesity and psychosocial adjustment in a combined clinical and nonclinical sample of 139 obese children and 150 non-obese children (ages from 9 to 12 years and matched for age, socioeconomic status, and gender) who filled out the Perceived Competence Scale for Children; their parents completed the Child Behavior Checklist. All obese children, independent of their help-seeking status, reported more negative physical self-perceptions than their nonobese peers and they scored lower on general self-worth. According to their parents, the obese children of the clinical sample appeared to have more behavior problems. Findings suggest that psychopathology depends on a clinical obese status, and they provide evidence for a psychosocial at-risk profile for a subgroup of obese children.

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