Repositorio Académico UPC

Objective: To determine the association between body image dissatisfaction (BID) and depressive symptoms in adolescents from a school in Lima, Peru. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed through a census of 875 high-school students, aged 13 to 17 years, from a school in Lima. Participants completed a survey containing the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Data regarding demographics, alcohol and tobacco use, self-esteem, and family history of depression were also obtained. To identify associated factors, Poisson regression with robust variance was used. Prevalence ratios with 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Results: Of the 875 adolescents, 55.8% were male. The mean age was 14.161.5 years. Depressive symptoms were observed in 19.9% of participants. An association between BID and depressive symptoms was found. Alcohol and tobacco use were also associated with the outcome of interest. Conclusions: Teens who had BID...

La adolescencia supone una reorganización de las interacciones sociales, interpersonales (Ávila, Heredia, Gómez y Martínez, 2006; Cardozo y Alderete 2009), lo que genera estrés (Frydenberg y Lewis, 2000). Para afrontarla, se emplea un conjunto de acciones y cogniciones que capacitan para tolerar o minimizar los efectos producidos (González, Montoya, Martina y Bernabéu, 2002). El propósito de la investigación es describir las estrategias de afrontamiento que emplean los adolescentes estudiantes del nivel medio superior, realizando comparaciones por género y edad. Se trabajó con 724 adolescentes, 413 mujeres y 311 hombres, con un rango de edad entre 14 a 17 años, del Valle de Toluca, Estado de México. Se aplicó la Escala de Afrontamiento para Adolescentes (ACS), elaborada por Frydenberg y Lewis (2000). Los resultados obtenidos de las estrategias que emplean los adolescentes ante situaciones estresantes son: esforzarse y tener éxito, buscar diversiones relajantes y preocuparse. Las mujere...