Traditional and cyberbullying victimization as correlates of psychosocial distress and barriers to a healthy lifestyle among severely obese adolescents – a matched case–control study on prevalence and results from a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij³  Evi Stremersch¹  Ann Tanghe¹  Anne Hublet²  Benedicte Deforche³  Ann DeSmet³ 

[1] MPC Zeepreventorium, De Haan, Belgium;Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Ghent University, Watersportlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

关键词: Physical activity;    Healthy lifestyle;    Suicide;    Quality-of-life;    Psychosocial functioning;    Peer victimization;    Cyberbullying;    Obesity;    Adolescence;   

Others  :  1132363
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-224

 received in 2013-09-16, accepted in 2014-02-26,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Obese youth are at increased risk for peer victimization, which may heighten their risk of psychosocial problems and physical activity avoidance, and lower the effectiveness of professional and lifestyle weight-loss initiatives. Little is known about obese adolescents’ risk for victimization from cyber-bullying and how this relates to psychosocial functioning and healthy lifestyle barriers. The purpose of the study was to assess traditional and cyber-victimization among adolescents with severe obesity and its relation to psychosocial distress and barriers to healthy lifestyles.

Methods

A sample of 102 obese adolescents (mean age = 15.32 ±1.71) in residential treatment was matched with 102 normal-weight youngsters from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) study (mean age = 15.30 ±1.73).

Results

Adolescents with obesity were significantly more often cyber-victimized than normal-weight peers. Obese youth victimized by traditional bullying experienced lower quality of life, lower motivation for physical activity and higher avoidance and emotional coping towards healthy lifestyles than those non-victimized. Obese cyber-victims experienced significantly higher suicidal ideation.

Conclusions

Traditional and cyber-victimization may hinder treatment effectiveness and healthy lifestyle change in adolescents with obesity. Health professionals should pro-actively address peer victimization and psychosocial functioning during multidisciplinary obesity treatment. Schools could contribute to a better physical and psychosocial health of obese youth by implementing multi-behavioral health-promotion programs.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 DeSmet et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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