Camila Morán, Montserrat Victoriano, Jaime Parra, Ximena Ibacache, Ruth Pérez, Julieta Sánchez, Katia Sáez, Constanza Mosso
UNLABELLED: In adolescence and especially in females, greater body dissatisfaction has been evidenced, which is defined as a negative evaluation of one's own body, being a strong predictor of eating disorders and obesity. OBJECTIVE: To relate body dissatisfaction with self-esteem, depression, and body mass index in adolescents. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: Quantitative, correlational, and cross-sectional study in a sample of 397 school adolescents (180 males and 217 females) from Concepción, Chile, aged 10 to 19 years, to whom the following instruments were applied: Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) to assess body dissatisfaction, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Beck's Depression Inventory-II for those older than 14 years, and Birleson Depression Self-Rating Scale for those younger than 14 years...
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