@article{ref1,
title="Influence of body dissatisfaction on the self-esteem of Brazilian adolescents: a cross-sectional study",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2020",
author="Macêdo Uchôa, Francisco Nataniel and Uchôa, Natalia Macêdo and Daniele, Thiago Medeiros da Costa and Lustosa, Romario Primeiro and Nogueira, Paulo Roberto de Castro and Reis, Victor Machado and Andrade, Joaquim Huaina Cintra and Deana, Naira Figueiredo and Aranha, Ágata Marques and Alves, Nilton",
volume="17",
number="10",
pages="e3536-e3536",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The present study investigated the influence of body dissatisfaction (BD) on the self-esteem of Brazilian adolescents.  METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 1011 students at public and private schools in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil. The body shape questionnaire and the Rosenberg self-esteem scale were applied. Chi-square test, Student's t-test, Pearson's correlation, the odds ratio and binary logistic regression were used.  RESULTS: The rate of low self-esteem was 33.8% in the adolescents; 27.8% of the adolescents presented some degree of BD, with severe BD in 5.8%. A significant low negative correlation was found between self-esteem and BD in all the adolescents. In the Odds Ratio analysis, it was observed that the odds of having low self-esteem increased in adolescents with BD as compared to adolescents without BD, being 3.85 times higher in females (CI 95%, 2.12-6.99), 2.83 times higher in males (CI 95%, 1.22-6.58), 5.79 times higher in adolescents attending public schools (CI 95% 2.06-16.26), and 2.96 times higher in adolescents attending private schools (CI 95%, 1.79-4.88).  CONCLUSIONS: Low self-esteem affected one-third of the adolescents, both male and female. BD and education in public schools are predictor variables of low self-esteem in adolescents.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph17103536",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103536"
}