The Longitudinal Interplay of Adolescents' Self-Esteem and Body Image: A Conditional Autoregressive Latent Trajectory Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Maiano, Christophe; Marsh, Herbert W.; Janosz, Michel; Nagengast, Benjamin
Titel	The Longitudinal Interplay of Adolescents' Self-Esteem and Body Image: A Conditional Autoregressive Latent Trajectory Analysis
Quelle	In: Multivariate Behavioral Research, 46 (2011) 2, S.157-201 (45 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0027-3171
Schlagwörter	Self Concept; Adolescents; Puberty; Whites; Minority Groups; Longitudinal Studies; Body Composition; Coping; Adolescent Development; Developmental Stages; Gender Differences; Ethnicity; Racial Differences; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Canada; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale; Self Description Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstkonzept; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Pubertät; White; Weißer; Ethnische Minderheit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Bewältigung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ethnizität; Rassenunterschied; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Kanada
Abstract	Self-esteem and body image are central to coping successfully with the developmental challenges of adolescence. However, the current knowledge surrounding self-esteem and body image is fraught with controversy. This study attempts to clarify some of them by addressing three questions: (1) Are the intraindividual developmental trajectories of self-esteem and body image stable across adolescence? (2) What is the direction of the relations between body image and self-esteem over time? (3) What is the role of gender, ethnicity, and pubertal development on those trajectories? This study relies on Autoregressive Latent Trajectory analyses based on data from a 4-year, 6-wave, prospective longitudinal study of 1,001 adolescents. Self-esteem and body image levels remained high and stable over time, although body image levels also tended to increase slightly. The results show that levels of self-esteem were positively influenced by levels of body image. However, these effects remained small and most of the observed associations were cross-sectional. Finally, the effects of pubertal development on body image and self-esteem levels were mostly limited to non-Caucasian females who appeared to benefit from more advanced pubertal development. Conversely, Caucasian females presented the lowest self-esteem and body image levels of all, although for them more advanced pubertal development levels were associated with a slight rise in body image over time. (Contains 6 footnotes, 5 tables, and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10