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- Title
From Weight Bias Internalization to Health-Related Quality of Life: Self-esteem and Psychopathology in Pre-bariatric Surgery Patients.
- Authors
Liu, Xu; Zhang, Wenjing; Yue, Wenwen; Sun, Chaonan; Li, Weihua
- Abstract
Introduction: It has been reported that people seeking bariatric surgery have poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Weight bias internalization (WBI) is prevalent in this population and strongly associated with psychopathology and health status. However, the psychological mechanisms underlying the relationship between WBI and the physical and mental dimensions of HRQoL remain to be clarified. Methods: A preoperative sample of patients with obesity (N = 246; women = 75.2%; Mage = 32.07) completed validated measures as part of a routine preoperative psychological assessment to assess their WBI, self-esteem, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, and HRQoL. Results: After controlling for the effects of gender, age, and BMI, WBI was linked to poorer physical and mental HRQoL through low self-esteem and increased psychological distress, including anxiety and depressive symptoms. Conclusion: In pre-bariatric surgery patients with obesity, high WBI may predict impairments in mental and physical HRQoL by lowering self-esteem, and further increasing anxiety and depressive symptoms. Interventions targeting WBI may be an important aspect to consider in the clinical treatment of pre-bariatric surgery patients. Further longitudinal studies are warranted to determine causality.
- Subjects
QUALITY of life; SELF-esteem; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; MENTAL depression; GASTRIC bypass
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2022, Vol 32, Issue 11, p3705
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-022-06261-z