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Body image satisfaction and depression in midlife women: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN).
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Archives of women's mental health [Arch Womens Ment Health] 2014 Jun; Vol. 17 (3), pp. 177-87. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Mar 13. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- With aging, women's bodies undergo changes that can affect body image perception, yet little is known about body image in midlife. The purpose of this study was to examine associations between body image and depressive symptoms in Caucasian and African-American midlife women from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Chicago site. Body image was measured using the Stunkard Adult Female Figure Rating Scale, and a clinically significant level of depressive symptoms was defined as Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) score of ≥16 (N=405; N=63 (15.6%) with clinically significant levels of depressive symptoms). Differences between perceived actual, perceived ideal, and actual body size and responses to questions concerning weight satisfaction and attractiveness were examined using logistic regression for associations with a CES-D score of ≥16. Women with body image dissatisfaction (odds ratio (OR)=1.91; p=0.04) or who perceived themselves as "unattractive" (OR=7.74; p<0.01) had higher odds of CES-D of ≥16. We found no significant difference by race. Our results were not confounded by BMI. These results suggest that midlife women with poor body image may be more likely to have clinically significant levels of depressive symptoms. Larger prospective studies are needed to better understand this association.
- Subjects :
- Black or African American psychology
Black or African American statistics & numerical data
Body Mass Index
Chicago
Depression diagnosis
Depression psychology
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Middle Aged
Odds Ratio
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
White People psychology
White People statistics & numerical data
Body Image psychology
Depression ethnology
Personal Satisfaction
Women's Health ethnology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1435-1102
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Archives of women's mental health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24623160
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-014-0416-9