The Effect of Body Mass Index, Negative Affect, and Disordered Eating on Health-Related Quality of Life in Preadolescent Youth
Author(s) -
Tarrah B. Mitchell,
Ric G. Steele
Publication year - 2016
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/jsv163
Subject(s) - disordered eating , affect (linguistics) , body mass index , psychology , quality of life (healthcare) , clinical psychology , eating disorders , medicine , communication , pathology , psychotherapist
To examine the indirect effect of body mass index z-score (BMIz) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) through disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in a community sample of preadolescent children, and the degree to which negative affect moderated the association between BMIz and disordered eating attitudes and behaviors.
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