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SUBMITTER: Wang SB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7451946 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Shirley B SB Haynos Ann F AF Wall Melanie M MM Chen Chen C Eisenberg Marla E ME Neumark-Sztainer Dianne D
Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science 20190729 6
Body dissatisfaction is common in adolescence and associated with negative outcomes (e.g., eating disorders). We identified common individual trajectories of body dissatisfaction from mid-adolescence to adulthood, and predictors of divergent patterns. Participants were 1,455 individuals from four waves of Project EAT (Eating and Activity in Teens and Young Adults), a population-based, 15-year longitudinal study. Aggregate body dissatisfaction increased over 15 years, which was largely attributab ...[more]