Body image and weight management among Hispanic American adolescents: Differences by sport type

Body image and weight management among Hispanic American adolescents: Differences by sport type

Adolescents' body image concerns vary by sex, ages, and participation in different types of sports. Little is known about variability of body image and weight management behaviors by sport type in Hispanic American adolescents. This study examined whether body image distortion and dissatisfacti...

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Published in:Journal of adolescence (London, England.) Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 229 - 239
Main Authors: Reina, Anita M., Monsma, Eva V., Dumas, Marcus D., Gay, Jennifer L.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-07-2019
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescents
Body image
Body weight
Development
Discontent
Hispanic
Hispanic Americans
Human body
Management
Multiple Regression Analysis
Self Concept
Self image
Sport participation
Sports
Sports participation
Teenagers
Weight management
Development
Adolescence
Weight management
Body image
Hispanic
Sport participation
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Summary:Adolescents' body image concerns vary by sex, ages, and participation in different types of sports. Little is known about variability of body image and weight management behaviors by sport type in Hispanic American adolescents. This study examined whether body image distortion and dissatisfaction are associated with weight management behaviors by sex and sport type in Hispanic adolescents. A sample of 728 Hispanic participants from the United States (61.6% female, Mage = 12.36 ± 2.35) completed the Stunkard Figural Stimuli, reported weight management behaviors and sport participation. Sports were classified as non-aesthetic (such as soccer), aesthetic (such as cheerleading), or non-sport participation. Separate multiple linear regression and multinomial logistic regression models were conducted to test adjusted associations between body image dissatisfaction and distortion, and sport type with weight management behaviors. Participants in non-aesthetic sports (51.2% male) were more dissatisfied with their body image (want to be bigger; B = −0.17; p = .01) and were 1.5 times more likely to use exercise to lose weight than non-sport participants. Greater body image dissatisfaction increased the likelihood of weight management behaviors. As year in school increased, participants perceived themselves as smaller than their actual BMI and wanted to be smaller. Hispanic females exhibited similar trends to other ethnicities. However, Hispanic males may have interpreted a desire to be “smaller” as a more lean, muscular physique. Subsequent studies should focus on reasons for weight management, and whether those behaviors are healthy.
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ISSN:0140-1971
1095-9254
DOI:10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.06.014