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Puskar K, Bernardo LM, Fertman C, et al. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEIGHT PERCEPTION, GENDER, AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG RURAL ADOLESCENTS. Online J Rural Nurs Health Care. 2009;9(1):23-33
Puskar, K., Bernardo, L. M., Fertman, C., Ren, D., & Stark, K. H. (2009). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEIGHT PERCEPTION, GENDER, AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG RURAL ADOLESCENTS. Online journal of rural nursing and health care : the official journal of the Rural Nurse Organization, 9(1), 23-33.
Puskar, Kathryn, et al. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEIGHT PERCEPTION, GENDER, AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG RURAL ADOLESCENTS." Online journal of rural nursing and health care : the official journal of the Rural Nurse Organization vol. 9,1 (2009): 23-33.
Puskar K, Bernardo LM, Fertman C, Ren D, Stark KH. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEIGHT PERCEPTION, GENDER, AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG RURAL ADOLESCENTS. Online J Rural Nurs Health Care. 2009;9(1):23-33. PMID: 20556226; PMCID: PMC2885779.
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Online J Rural Nurs Health Care. 2009;9(1):23-33.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEIGHT PERCEPTION, GENDER, AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG RURAL ADOLESCENTS.

Online journal of rural nursing and health care : the official journal of the Rural Nurse Organization

Kathryn Puskar, Lisa Marie Bernardo, Carl Fertman, Dianxu Ren, Kirsti Hetager Stark

Affiliations

  1. Professor, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, [email protected].

PMID: 20556226 PMCID: PMC2885779

Abstract

Research findings indicate a relationship between weight perception and depression in adolescents. This study explored the relationship between weight perception, gender, and depressive symptoms in rural adolescents. Among 623 rural adolescents who completed a health inventory and a depression scale, 75 participants (n = 62 females; n = 13 males) had depressive symptoms and were used in data analysis. A two-way ANOVA model was used to evaluate the effects of weight perception and gender on depressive symptoms in rural adolescents. Although the 2-way ANOVA was not significant, there was a statistical significant finding for females who reported perceived weight problems and depression. The interaction between gender and weight perception was of marginal statistical significance (p = 0.07). Females who perceived a problem with their weight had higher depressive scores compared to females who did not perceive a problem with their weight (p = 0.0002), however no difference was observed for males. Implications are for rural nurses to screen adolescents for depressive symptoms and their weight perception during health care visits, with emphasis on females.

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