Biopsychosocial correlates of weight status perception in Australian adolescents Fredrickson, Julia, Kremer, Peter, Swinburn, Boyd, de Silva-Sanigorski, Andrea and McCabe, Marita 2013, Biopsychosocial correlates of weight status perception in Australian adolescents, Body image, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 552-557, doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.06.008. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Biopsychosocial correlates of weight status perception in Australian adolescents Author(s) Fredrickson, Julia Kremer, Peter orcid.org/0000-0003-2476-1958 Swinburn, Boyd de Silva-Sanigorski, Andrea McCabe, Marita Journal name Body image Volume number 10 Issue number 4 Start page 552 End page 557 Total pages 6 Publisher Elsevier BV Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2013 ISSN 1740-1445 1873-6807 Keyword(s) weight status perception adolescent biopsychosocial model Summary This study examined the utility of the biopsychosocial model to predict accuracy of weight status perception among Australian adolescents. The factors included in this framework were: age, gender, and BMI-z (biological factors); satisfaction with body weight and shape (psychological factors); socioeconomic status, peer weight (social factors). Cross-sectional data, including measured height and weight, and self-reported weight status, was obtained from 2954 adolescents (mean age = 14.6, 56% male) who participated in the It's Your Move! study. Accuracy of weight status perception was associated with gender, BMI-z, SES, and weight and shape satisfaction. Gender differences in weight status perception were moderated by satisfaction with weight. In boys, weight satisfaction was associated with perceived healthy weight; in girls, it was associated with perceived healthy weight and underweight. Moderately overweight adolescents are most at risk of underestimating their weight status and could benefit from education about the boundaries of the healthy weight range. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.06.008 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2013, Elsevier Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30057548 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Related Links Link Description Published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 11 Nov 2013, 09:00:26 EST Tue, 12 Nov 2013, 07:42:08 EST Wed, 13 Nov 2013, 14:26:01 EST Wed, 13 Nov 2013, 14:43:11 EST Wed, 13 Nov 2013, 14:44:36 EST Wed, 13 Nov 2013, 15:06:35 EST Wed, 13 Nov 2013, 15:07:35 EST Thu, 14 Nov 2013, 09:50:03 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 18:42:13 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 13 times in TR Web of Science Cited 13 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 683 Abstract Views, 5 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 11 Nov 2013, 09:00:09 EST by Barb Lavelle