Association between body image dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms in adolescents

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...

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Main Authors: Fiorela Flores-Cornejo, Mayumi Kamego-Tome, Mariana A. Zapata-Pachas, German F. Alvarado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2017-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462017000400316&lng=en&tlng=en