Family functioning and eating attitudes and behaviors in at-risk early adolescent girls: The mediating role of intra-personal competencies

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Britta Davis Dinsmore ◽  
Elizabeth A. Stormshak
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Personal Competencies

scholarly journals The paths to children’s disordered eating: The implications of BMI, weight-related victimization, body dissatisfaction and parents’ disordered eating

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilou Côté ◽  
Maxime Legendre ◽  
Annie Aimé ◽  
Marie-Christine Brault ◽  
Jacinthe Dion ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Disordered Eating Attitudes

Background Being the target of peer victimization is frequent among children categorized as overweight and obese and is thought to play a central role in disordered eating behavior development. In accordance with a previous theoretical model, this cross-sectional study aimed to replicate among children the mediating role of weight-related victimization from peers and body dissatisfaction in the association between body mass index (BMI) and children’s disordered eating attitudes and behaviors (CDEAB), while also taking into account the contribution of parents’ disordered eating attitudes and behaviors (PDEAB). Methods Participants were 874 children aged between 8 and 12 years old who were recruited in elementary schools. Height and weight were measured and used to calculate BMI. Self-reported questionnaires were used to measure weight-related victimization, body dissatisfaction, CDEAB and PDEAB. Results For both girls and boys, a path analysis showed no direct effect of BMI on CDEAB, but a significant indirect effect was found, indicating that weight-related victimization and body dissatisfaction mediated this relationship. In addition, the indirect effect of weight-related victimization and body dissatisfaction remained significant even when controlling for PDEAB. Conclusion While weight itself appears to be insufficient to explain CDEAB, weight-related victimization may lead children to see their weight as problematic and develop disordered attitudes and behaviors toward eating. This suggests that weight-related victimization from peers and body dissatisfaction must be taken seriously and that preventive and intervention efforts must be pursued.

The mediating role of knowledge on the contact and stigma of mental illness in Hong Kong

2020 ◽  
pp. 002076402097579
Author(s):  
Qi Fang ◽  
Tian-Ming Zhang ◽  
Yin Ling Irene Wong ◽  
Yuen Yum Yau ◽  
Xu-Hong Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Stigmatizing Attitudes ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Prejudicial Attitudes

Background: Although knowledge is a crucial component in contact theory delineating how prejudice changes toward out-groups with stigmatized conditions, little is known about the mediating role of knowledge on contact, stigmatizing attitudes, and behaviors toward mental illness. Aim: This study aimed to examine the mechanism underlie contact and stigma change by knowledge. Methods: A total of 366 participants including family members (FM), mental health providers (MHP), and community residents (CR) recruited across communities in Hong Kong and completed measures of contact level, contact quantity, contact quality, mental health related knowledge, prejudice, and discriminatory behaviors. Structural equation modeling was adopted to test the association among the key variables. Results: Higher level of contact was significantly correlated with better knowledge, less prejudice, and less discriminatory behaviors. Knowledge was directly and negatively correlated with prejudicial attitudes but was not significantly related to discriminatory behaviors. Furthermore, lower levels of prejudice were associated with less discriminatory behaviors. Conclusion: Enhancement of contact may increase understanding toward people with mental illness (PMI) and diminish stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors. Although prejudicial attitudes may be reduced by broadening mental health knowledge, increasing knowledge only might not ameliorate discriminatory behaviors. Future research should test mediators on contact and stigma by using longitudinal data.

Early adversity and depressive symptoms among early adolescent girls: the mediating role of exposure to recent interpersonal acute stress

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Catherine B. Stroud ◽  
Frances R. Chen ◽  
Erin E. Dunning ◽  
Julia Cheng ◽  
Carey Marr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Acute Stress ◽  
Stress Generation ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Early Adversity ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Risk For Depression

Abstract Early adversity confers risk for depression in part through its association with recent (i.e., proximal) acute stress. However, it remains unresolved whether: a) early adversity predicts increases in recent acute stress over time; b) all – or only certain types – of recent events mediate the relationship between early adversity and depression; and c) early adversity places individuals at greater risk for depression via greater exposure to independent (i.e., fateful) interpersonal events or via greater generation of dependent (i.e., partially self-initiated) interpersonal events (i.e., stress generation) or both. These questions were examined in a 3-wave longitudinal study of early adolescent girls (N = 125; M = 12.35 years [SD = .77]) with no history of diagnosable depression using contextual life stress and diagnostic interviews. Path analyses indicated that increases in past-year acute interpersonal, but not non-interpersonal, stress mediated the link between early adversity and depressive symptoms. The mediating role of interpersonal events was limited to independent ones, suggesting increases in interpersonal event exposure, not interpersonal stress generation, acted as a mediator. Finally, findings support prior evidence that early adversity may not directly predict future depressive symptoms. Implications for understanding the role of recent stress in the association between early adversity and adolescent depression are discussed.

The role of trust in corporate social responsibility and worker relationships

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 478-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Gaudencio ◽  
Arnaldo Coelho ◽  
Neuza Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show how organizational corporate social responsibility (CSR) can influence workers’ attitudes and behaviors, especially in terms of affective commitment (AC), job satisfaction (JS), and turnover intention (TI). A second aim is to explore the social exchange process that may underlie this relationship, by examining the mediating role of organizational trust (OT). Design/methodology/approach The authors employ structural equation modeling based on survey data obtained from 315 Portuguese individuals. Findings The findings show that perceptions of CSR predict workers’ attitudes and behaviors directly through the mediating role of OT. They suggest that managers should implement CSR practices because these can contribute toward fostering OT, improving workers’ AC and JS, and reducing TI. Originality/value This study enriches the existing knowledge about social exchange relationships in organizational contexts, and responds to the need to understand underlying mechanisms linking CSR with workers’ organizational outcomes, by analyzing CSR practices in a holistic stakeholder perspective.

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