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J Sch Health. 2014 Jan;84(1):49-55. doi: 10.1111/josh.12118.
To date, research has focused primarily on psychological correlates of weight-based teasing. In this study, we extended previous work by also examining physical health-related variables (eg, physical self-concept and physical fitness [PF]).
Participants included 1419 middle school students (637 boys and 782 girls). Of these, 245 (17.3%) reported being teased about being overweight. Participants completed measures of self-esteem, depression, physical self-concept, physical activity (PA) self-efficacy, and self-report physical and sedentary activities. Participants also completed PF testing.
After controlling for demographic characteristics, participants who were teased about being overweight had higher scores on depression and lower scores on self-esteem, physical self-concept, PA self-efficacy, and health-related measures of PF in comparison to participants who were not teased.
The results of this study support previous research indicating relationships between teasing and low levels of psychological well-being, physical self-concept, and PA self-efficacy, and establishes one between weight-based teasing and different types of PF. Research is needed to determine the potential causal nature of the relationships between teasing and fitness and evidence-based interventions are needed to reduce weight-based teasing and its potential effects on health and well-being.
迄今为止，研究主要集中在基于体重的嘲笑的心理相关性上。在这项研究中，我们通过还检查了与身体健康相关的变量（例如身体自我概念和身体健康[PF]）扩展了以前的工作。
参与者包括 1419 名中学生（637 名男生和 782 名女生）。其中，245 名（17.3%）报告因超重而被嘲笑。参与者完成了自尊、抑郁、身体自我概念、体育活动自我效能感以及自我报告的身体和久坐活动的测量。参与者还完成了 PF 测试。
在控制了人口统计学特征后，与未被嘲笑的参与者相比，被嘲笑超重的参与者在抑郁得分上更高，在自尊、身体自我概念、体育活动自我效能感和与健康相关的 PF 测量得分上更低。
这项研究的结果支持了先前的研究，表明嘲笑与心理健康、身体自我概念和体育活动自我效能感水平较低之间存在关系，并确定了基于体重的嘲笑与不同类型的 PF 之间存在关系。需要研究来确定嘲笑和健身之间关系的潜在因果性质，并需要基于证据的干预措施来减少基于体重的嘲笑及其对健康和幸福感的潜在影响。
