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0052/2022 - Relationship between body dissatisfaction and mental health of Brazilian adolescents: a study with national representativeness
Relação entre insatisfação corporal e saúde mental dos adolescentes brasileiros: um estudo com representatividade nacional

Author:

• Bruno Wroblevski - Wroblevski, B. - <wroblevski.bruno@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3229-0175

Co-author(s):

• Miriã de Sousa Lucas - Sousa Lucas, M. - <miriaslucas@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3663-449X
• Rodrigo Monteiro da Silva - Silva, R. M. - <rodrygomsylva@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1651-456X
• Marina Silva da Cunha - Cunha, M. S. - <mscunha@uem.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9122-3944


Abstract:

Dissatisfaction with body image is considered a relevant variable in understanding adolescents\' mental health. In this sense, the objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of this dissatisfaction on variables associated with the mental health of Brazilian students enrolled in the 9th year. For this, the datathe 2015 Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar was used and the methodology used was based on the Propensity Score Matching (PSM). The results showed that dissatisfaction with their own body has an impact on the mental health of adolescents, with a positive effect on the probability of the student reporting a frequent feeling of loneliness, reporting insomnia for reasons of concern and having difficulty socializing. This impact was increasing according to the degree of dissatisfaction with body image, with girls being more affected than boys. Thus, there is the importance of developing strategies for a more positive perception of body image among adolescents, contributing to the increase in the well-being of this public in the face of existing body differences.

Keywords:

Mental health; Body image; Adolescents; Propensity Score Matching; National School Health Survey.

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Wroblevski, B., Sousa Lucas, M., Silva, R. M., Cunha, M. S.. Relationship between body dissatisfaction and mental health of Brazilian adolescents: a study with national representativeness. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2022/Apr). [Citado em 28/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/relationship-between-body-dissatisfaction-and-mental-health-of-brazilian-adolescents-a-study-with-national-representativeness/18308?id=18308&id=18308



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