Abstract

SANTOS, Mara Lucia Blanc; NOVAES, Jefferson Silva; MONTEIRO, Lilian Alves da Costa  and  FERNANDES, Hélder Miguel. Body dissatisfaction and life quality during the menarche and its relation to the family income and the body mass index: A longitudinal study. Motri. [online]. 2015, vol.11, n.2, pp.75-84. ISSN 1646-107X.  https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.3654.

This study analysed  the association between family income and body mass index levels with body image and quality of life along the menarche; and the variation of the relation between family income and BMI with body image and life quality at different moments of the menarche (moments 1, 2 and 3). The study was characterized by a longitudinal delimitation involving teenagers aged 10 to 13, BMI 18.98 kg/m². The data was collected through the Body Shape Questionnaire and Autoquestionnaire Qualité de Vie Enfant Image at moment 1 in 2010, at moment 2 in 2011 and at moment 3 in 2012. The main results showed BMI positively related to the total score of body dissatisfaction in moments 1, 2 and 3; analysis on family income levels and BMI showed positive improvements along the menarche; and life quality score raised from moment 1 to 2, having decreased from moment 2 to 3. The conclusion was that adolescents showed lower dissatisfaction with body image as time went by, enhanced by a normal BMI; and as time went by the low body image dissatisfaction came out by the positive association between family income and BMI. Quality of life was better between moments 1 and 2 of the menarche, but there was a decrease in the life quality of the adolescents.

Keywords : menarche; body image; body weight; life quality.

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