マレーシアの若い成人の体質指数と生活の質の関係: 認知された体重の汚名と体重に関連する自己汚名による連続的な影響
Wan Ying Gan1, Yu-Ting Huang2, Wen-Li Hou3
1Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.
Journal of health psychology
|August 29, 2025
まとめ
体重指数 (BMI) の上昇は,体重の認識と体重に関連する自己汚名によって,若い成人の生活の質 (QoL) に悪影響を及ぼします. これらのスティグマは,BMIと全体的なQOLの間のリンクを配列的に媒介する.
科学分野:
- 心理学
- 公衆衛生
- 社会学
背景:
- 体重の汚名と自己汚名が 若者の幸福に影響する重大な問題です
- これらの汚名を媒介する役割を理解することは 標的を絞った介入の開発に不可欠です
- これまでの研究は,この集団におけるBMI,汚名,生活の質の間の連続的なメディエーション経路を完全に解明できませんでした.
研究 の 目的:
- 体量指数 (BMI) と生活の質 (QoL) の関係における体重認識の汚名 (PWS) と体重関連の自己汚名 (WRSS) の連続的な作用を調査する.
- マレーシアの若い成人のサンプルの中でこれらの関係を調査する.
- 高いBMIを持つ人のQOLを改善することを目的とした介入の潜在的なターゲットを特定する.
主な方法:
- マレーシアの大学生1044人 (平均年齢21.3歳) を対象とした横断的な研究.
- 参加者は身長と体重を自己報告し,PWS,WRSS,QOL (WHOQOL-BREF) について検証されたアンケートを記入した.
- 直接的・間接的な効果を評価するために,連続的なメディエーション分析が行われました.
主要な成果:
- 高いBMIは,PWSとWRSSの両方と正に関連していました.
- 高いBMIは,心理的QOLと一般的な健康と負の関係がありました.
- PWSとWRSSによって連続的に媒介された,すべてのQOL領域に対するBMIの有意なネガティブな間接的な効果が見つかりました.
結論:
- マレーシアの若年層のBMIとQoLの関連性において,体重の認識と体重に関する自己の認識が重要な役割を果たしています.
- 体重の汚名と自己汚名に 対処する介入は 高いBMIを持つ人の生活の質を改善するのに 効果的かもしれません
- 体重管理における心理社会的要因と 全体の幸福感への影響の重要性を強調しています
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