@article{ref1,
title="Peer victimization in adolescents with severe obesity: the roles of self-worth and social support in associations with psychosocial adjustment",
journal="Journal of pediatric psychology",
year="2016",
author="Reiter-Purtill, Jennifer and Gowey, Marissa A. and Austin, Heather and Smith, Kevin C. and Rofey, Dana L. and Jenkins, Todd M. and Garland, Beth H. and Zeller, Meg H.",
volume="42",
number="3",
pages="272-282",
abstract="OBJECTIVE : To examine the associations of peer victimization with internalizing symptoms, externalizing symptoms, social competence, and academic performance in a clinical sample of adolescents with severe obesity, and whether self-worth and social support affect these associations. <br><br>METHODS : Multisite cross-sectional data from 139 adolescents before weight loss surgery (Mage = 16.9; 79.9% female, 66.2% White; MBody Mass Index [BMI] = 51.5 kg/m(2)) and 83 nonsurgical comparisons (Mage = 16.1; 81.9% female, 54.2% White; MBMI = 46.9 kg/m(2)) were collected using self-reports with standardized measures. <br><br>RESULTS : As a group, participants did not report high levels of victimization. Self-worth mediated the effects of victimization on a majority of measures of adjustment, and further analyses provided evidence of the buffering effect of social support for some mediational models. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS : Self-worth and social support are important targets for prevention and intervention for both victimization and poor adjustment in adolescent severe obesity.<br><br>© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-8693",
doi="10.1093/jpepsy/jsw078",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsw078"
}