TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Influence of body dissatisfaction on the self-esteem of Brazilian adolescents: a cross-sectional study
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Macêdo Uchôa, Francisco Nataniel
A1  - Uchôa, Natalia Macêdo
A1  - Daniele, Thiago Medeiros da Costa
A1  - Lustosa, Romario Primeiro
A1  - Nogueira, Paulo Roberto de Castro
A1  - Reis, Victor Machado
A1  - Andrade, Joaquim Huaina Cintra
A1  - Deana, Naira Figueiredo
A1  - Aranha, Ágata Marques
A1  - Alves, Nilton
SP  - e3536
EP  - e3536
VL  - 17
IS  - 10
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103536
ID  - ref1
ER  -