TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Body dissatisfaction as a predictor of self-reported suicide attempts in adolescents: A Spanish community prospective study
JO  - Journal of Adolescent Health
A1  - Rodríguez-Cano, Teresa
A1  - Beato-Fernández, Luis
A1  - Llario, Antonia Belmonte
SP  - 684
EP  - 688
VL  - 38
IS  - 6
N2  - PURPOSE: To examine whether body dissatisfaction at the age of 13 years predicted the risk for reported suicide attempts two years later, controlling the effects of pre-existing suicide ideation and attempts as well as numerous variables. METHODS: A community-longitudinal study, with 1766 (887 female and 878 male) pupils aged 13 years from all the schools of a designated area, was performed. The Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ), The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), and other self-reported questionnaires were administered. Suicidal thinking and suicide attempts were also evaluated. RESULTS: Controlling the effect of gender and other possible predictive variables, previous suicidal thinking (odds ratio [OR] = 3.88, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.57-9.56) and scores on the BSQ (OR = 1.02, 95% CI 1.01-1.03) predicted reported suicide attempts in the next two years. CONCLUSIONS: Programs improving one's own body-image esteem in adolescence might help to prevent not only eating disorders but other potentially dangerous consequences.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1054-139X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.08.003
ID  - ref1
ER  -