ERIC Number: EJ1042637
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Nov
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-4316
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Circumstances, Resources, and Weight Status Outcomes among Middle School Students
Fitzpatrick, Kevin M.; Willis, Don; O'Connor, Gail
Journal of Early Adolescence, v34 n8 p1058-1074 Nov 2014
Obesity continues to plague U.S. school-age populations. A number of individual/structural circumstances have been identified as increasing the risk of poor health among children. The article's aim is to examine some of these circumstances and their relationship to students being overweight/obese, while highlighting resource variables as potential mediators to these negative circumstances. Using a sample of fifth- to seventh-grade students (n = 334) attending a middle school in Northwest Arkansas, logistic regression models assessed the odds of students being overweight/obese compared with students of normal weight for their age and gender. Overall, students with higher depressive symptomatology and lower perceived social class were more likely (higher odds) to be overweight/obese. Students reporting higher levels of social and psychological resources were less likely (lower odds) to be overweight/obese; an inspection of changes in the circumstance's coefficients found once resources were introduced, resources appeared to play some mediating role in the final model.
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Obesity, Regression (Statistics), Body Weight, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Risk, Correlation, Depression (Psychology), Role, Models, Self Esteem, Nutrition, Case Studies, Social Status, Body Composition, Social Capital, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Arkansas
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
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