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November 20, 2023Open Access

Negative body image induces depression among adolescents in China: a mediation model

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YYYe YuanNCNaiche ChenDCDaile Chen

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Overview

Randomized trial shows that negative body image predicts depression in college students, suggesting potential interventions improve mental health.

Key Points

  • This research aims to examine how negative body image influences depression among college students and explores interventions.
  • Convenience sampling of 600 university students
  • Data collected using several standardized scales related to body image, self-efficacy, physical activity, social support, and depression
  • Structural Equation Modeling analysis using SPSS, M-plus, and R software.
  • Body image negatively predicted depression among participants.
  • Physical activity and self-efficacy serve as chain mediators between body image and depression.
  • Social support moderates the relationship between self-efficacy and physical activity effects.

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Yuan et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23a338bcda00f3e0a01abchttps://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3612780/v1
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