Mediating role of coping styles in the relationship between anxiety and health behaviors of obese adolescents

• Authors: Michał Ziarko , Łukasz D. Kaczmarek , Ewa Mojs
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Obesity is one of the major health problems in adolescents. Health-detrimental lifestyle (i.e. lack of physical activity, inappropriate nutrition) as well as maladaptive styles of coping with stress are regarded as belonging among determinants of obesity. The aim of the study was to establish factors mediating between anxiety and diet-related health behaviors. Participants in the study were 113 adolescents with obesity whose body weight was over 97th centile. They were examined using a set of self-report questionnaires to measure anxiety, coping styles and health behaviors. Emotion-focused coping and seeking social contacts (social diversion) were found to act as mediators between adolescents’ trait anxiety and their health behaviors. The findings suggest that to enhance obese adolescents’ health-promoting behaviors appropriate conditions should be ensured that would not only enable them to express their emotions, but also promote their socializing with peers.

Keywords

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coping; obesity; anxiety; health behaviors

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 145-150

Contributors

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Michał Ziarko

• Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

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Łukasz D. Kaczmarek

• Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

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Ewa Mojs

• Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznań, Poland

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DOI

10.2478/v10059-012-0010-9