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Impact of sociodemographic characteristics, nutritional status and perceived stress in body weight concern of female college students

dc.contributor.authorDias, Juliana Chioda Ribeiro
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Wanderson Roberto da
dc.contributor.authorMaroco, João
dc.contributor.authorCampos, Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-16T18:52:54Z
dc.date.available2017-01-16T18:52:54Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractAim: to estimate the contribution of nutritional status, perceived stress and sociodemographic variables in college students’ body weight concern. Method: participated 850 Brazilian students of one public university. Information such as age, area of study and schedule of the undergraduate course, body weight and height, economic status, household’s education level, household, studies funding and medication intake due to studies and labour activity were collected. Perceived stress and body weight concern were assessed, respectively, with the Portuguese versions of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the Weight Concerns Scale (WCS). The impact of several variables on body weight concern was verified by a causal model developed using Structural Equation Modelling. The goodness-of-fit of the model was evaluated using chi-square ratio index and degrees of freedom (c2/df), Comparative Fit Index (CFI), Normed of Fit Index (NFI), and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA). The contribution (β) and significance of causal pathways were evaluated using the z-test critical ratios (p < .05). Results: a significant contribution of the variables perceived stress, economic status and nutritional status in college students’ body weight concern was verified. The fit of the final model was adequate (c²/df = 4.38; CFI = .91; GFI = .93; RMSEA = .06) and explained 19% of the variability in body weight concern with a positive impact of nutritional status, perceived stress and economic status. Conclusion: the results should serve as an alert to researchers in this area of study and health professionals, highlighting the importance of performing the diagnosis of such manifestations and/or propose prevention strategies.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipSão Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Mathematics and Statistical Science, 2, 324-335.pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2411-2518
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/5190
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherScience Signpost Publishingpt_PT
dc.relationGrant#2010/18279-3pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.ss-pub.org/journals/jmss/vol-2/vol-2-issue-6-june-2016/pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectBody imagept_PT
dc.subjectWeight concernpt_PT
dc.subjectStresspt_PT
dc.subjectStudentspt_PT
dc.subjectNutritional statuspt_PT
dc.titleImpact of sociodemographic characteristics, nutritional status and perceived stress in body weight concern of female college studentspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceUnited Statespt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage335pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue6pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage324pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Mathematics and Statistical Sciencept_PT
oaire.citation.volume2pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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