- Title
- Associations between sedentary behavior and self-esteem in adolescent girls from schools in low-income communities
- Creator
- Nihill, Genevieve Frances Jane; Lubans, David Revalds; Plotnikoff, Ronald Cyril
- Relation
- ARC.DP1092646
- Relation
- Mental Health and Physical Activity Vol. 6, Issue 1, p. 30-35
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2012.02.003
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Background: Excessive time spent in sedentary behavior is associated with a range of physiological, psychosocial and behavioral health concerns in youth. Objective: The primary aim of this study was to examine the association between sedentary behavior and self-esteem among adolescent girls living in low-income communities. Methods: Participants were 357 girls [mean age (standard deviation) = 13.2 (0.5) years] from 12 secondary schools located in low-income communities in New South Wales, Australia. Height, weight, body fat (bio-electrical impedance analysis) and physical activity (accelerometers), self-esteem were assessed. Results: Significant inverse associations were found between self-esteem and time spent watching DVDs and using the computer for non-school purposes, but no relationship was found between TV viewing and self-esteem. The relationship between sedentary time (%) from accelerometers and self-esteem was not significant. Conclusions: Sedentary behavior is a pervasive public health concern and time spent in specific screen-based recreation was associated with self-esteem in adolescent girls living in low-income communities. Our findings are indicative of the complex nature of these relationships and reveal a need for further longitudinal and intervention-based research in the field.
- Subject
- screen time; adolescent; mental health; social and emotional well-being; media; youth
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1301026
- Identifier
- uon:20206
- Identifier
- ISSN:1755-2966
- Language
- eng
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