@article{ref1,
title="Optimism and the socioeconomic status gradient in adolescent adiposity",
journal="Journal of Adolescent Health",
year="2011",
author="Khullar, Dhruv and Oreskovic, Nicolas M. and Perrin, James M. and Goodman, Elizabeth",
volume="49",
number="5",
pages="553-555",
abstract="PURPOSE: To assess whether dispositional optimism is associated with adiposity and to explore whether dispositional optimism mediates the relationship between parent education and adiposity (body mass index [BMI] z-score). METHODS: Multivariate regression analyses of data were collected from 1,298 non-Hispanic black and white adolescents aged 12-19 years from a single Midwestern public school district. RESULTS: Less optimistic adolescents had higher BMI z-scores (r = -.09, p < .001). Addition of dispositional optimism to the regression model caused an approximately 10% attenuation of the parent education and BMI z-score relationship. Sobel tests confirmed that this attenuation indicated partial mediation. CONCLUSION: Lower dispositional optimism is associated with higher adiposity and this association accounts for some of the influence of parent education on adolescent adiposity.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1054-139X",
doi="10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.04.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.04.003"
}