Longitudinal relationship between experience of sexual harassment and 2-year body image and weight outcomes in adolescence: mediation through self-objectification and psychological distress.

Hayes, S; Lonergan, A; Trompeter, N; Bussey, K; Hay, P; Mitchison, D

Longitudinal relationship between experience of sexual harassment and 2-year body image and weight outcomes in adolescence: mediation through self-objectification and psychological distress.

Hayes, S Lonergan, A Trompeter, N Bussey, K Hay, P Mitchison, D

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Citation:: Eat Weight Disord, 2022, 27, (8), pp. 3095-3108
Issue Date:: 2022-12

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dc.contributor.author	Hayes, S
dc.contributor.author	Lonergan, A
dc.contributor.author	Trompeter, N
dc.contributor.author	Bussey, K
dc.contributor.author	Hay, P
dc.contributor.author	Mitchison, D
dc.date.accessioned	2023-05-05T02:08:09Z
dc.date.available	2022-06-08
dc.date.available	2023-05-05T02:08:09Z
dc.date.issued	2022-12
dc.identifier.citation	Eat Weight Disord, 2022, 27, (8), pp. 3095-3108
dc.identifier.issn	1124-4909
dc.identifier.issn	1590-1262
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/170209
dc.description.abstract	BACKGROUND: The current study investigated the experience of sexual harassment as a risk factor for weight gain and weight/shape concerns in a community sample of adolescents, with potential mediating factors self-objectification and psychological distress. METHOD: 1034 Australian adolescents (aged 11 to 19 years) from the EveryBODY longitudinal study of disordered eating pathology participated. Data were collected through online surveys annually for 3 years. Participants completed self-report measures of demographics, sexual harassment, psychological distress, self-objectification, weight/shape concerns and BMI percentile. RESULTS: A parallel mediation model adjusting for baseline scores found no direct effect between baseline experiences of sexual harassment and change in BMI percentile or weight/shape concern after 2 years. Experiences of sexual harassment significantly increased self-objectification scores after 1 year in female adolescents. Subsequently, higher self-objectification significantly increased the risk of greater weight/shape concern after 1 year in female adolescents. However, no significant mediating relationship was found in the relationship between sexual harassment and weight/shape concern or BMI percentile for either gender. Psychological distress was found to be a clear risk factor for weight/shape concern in both genders after 1 year. CONCLUSIONS: Intervention programmes in schools should focus on developing policies to reduce sexual harassment, self-objectification and distress in adolescents. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, longitudinal multiple time series without intervention.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Springer Nature
dc.relation.ispartof	Eat Weight Disord
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s40519-022-01432-4
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1103 Clinical Sciences, 1701 Psychology
dc.subject.classification	Clinical Psychology
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Body Image
dc.subject.mesh	Sexual Harassment
dc.subject.mesh	Longitudinal Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Surveys and Questionnaires
dc.subject.mesh	Psychological Distress
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Longitudinal Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Sexual Harassment
dc.subject.mesh	Body Image
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Surveys and Questionnaires
dc.subject.mesh	Psychological Distress
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Body Image
dc.subject.mesh	Sexual Harassment
dc.subject.mesh	Longitudinal Studies
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Surveys and Questionnaires
dc.subject.mesh	Psychological Distress
dc.title	Longitudinal relationship between experience of sexual harassment and 2-year body image and weight outcomes in adolescence: mediation through self-objectification and psychological distress.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	27
utslib.location.activity	Germany
utslib.for	1103 Clinical Sciences
utslib.for	1701 Psychology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health/GSH.Clinical Psychology
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dc.date.updated	2023-05-05T02:08:06Z
pubs.issue	8
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pubs.volume	27
utslib.citation.issue	8

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The current study investigated the experience of sexual harassment as a risk factor for weight gain and weight/shape concerns in a community sample of adolescents, with potential mediating factors self-objectification and psychological distress. METHOD: 1034 Australian adolescents (aged 11 to 19 years) from the EveryBODY longitudinal study of disordered eating pathology participated. Data were collected through online surveys annually for 3 years. Participants completed self-report measures of demographics, sexual harassment, psychological distress, self-objectification, weight/shape concerns and BMI percentile. RESULTS: A parallel mediation model adjusting for baseline scores found no direct effect between baseline experiences of sexual harassment and change in BMI percentile or weight/shape concern after 2 years. Experiences of sexual harassment significantly increased self-objectification scores after 1 year in female adolescents. Subsequently, higher self-objectification significantly increased the risk of greater weight/shape concern after 1 year in female adolescents. However, no significant mediating relationship was found in the relationship between sexual harassment and weight/shape concern or BMI percentile for either gender. Psychological distress was found to be a clear risk factor for weight/shape concern in both genders after 1 year. CONCLUSIONS: Intervention programmes in schools should focus on developing policies to reduce sexual harassment, self-objectification and distress in adolescents. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, longitudinal multiple time series without intervention.

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