TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations between repression, general maladjustment, body weight, and body shape in older males
T2 - The normative aging study
AU - Niaura, Raymond S.
AU - Stroud, Laura R.
AU - Todaro, John
AU - Ward, Kenneth D.
AU - Spiro, Avron
AU - Aldwin, Carolyn
AU - Landsberg, Lewis
AU - Weiss, Scott T.
N1 - Funding Information:
The VA Normative Aging Study (NAS) is supported by the Cooperative Studies Program/ERIC, US Department of Veterans Affairs, and is a research component of the Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC). Some of the data analyzed in this project were obtained with support provided by Grants HL37871 and AG02287. Preparation of this manuscript was supported by a National Institute of Health grants HL48363 and HL32318 to the first author and a T-32 fellowship from the NIAAA and a Junior Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) to the second author.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - We examined relationships between repression, general maladjustment, body mass Index (BMI), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). The participants were 1,081 healthy older men from the Normative Aging Study. Repression and General Maladjustment Scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory were composite measures of personality. Repression was associated with lower BMI and WHR, and maladjustment with higher BMI and WHR. However, associations between WHR and personality dimensions were no longer significant when controlling for BMI, but associations between BMI and personality dimensions remained significant when controlling for WHR. These effects were explained by differing relationships between WHR, repression, and maladjustment for normal weight, overweight, and obese individuals. Specifically, associations between repression, maladjustment, and body shape were significant for normal weight and overweight individuals, but not for obese individuals. Health behaviors including smoking did not mediate relationships between repression, maladjustment, and body shape, but might be considered in future studies as mechanisms underlying links between personality and body shape.
AB - We examined relationships between repression, general maladjustment, body mass Index (BMI), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). The participants were 1,081 healthy older men from the Normative Aging Study. Repression and General Maladjustment Scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory were composite measures of personality. Repression was associated with lower BMI and WHR, and maladjustment with higher BMI and WHR. However, associations between WHR and personality dimensions were no longer significant when controlling for BMI, but associations between BMI and personality dimensions remained significant when controlling for WHR. These effects were explained by differing relationships between WHR, repression, and maladjustment for normal weight, overweight, and obese individuals. Specifically, associations between repression, maladjustment, and body shape were significant for normal weight and overweight individuals, but not for obese individuals. Health behaviors including smoking did not mediate relationships between repression, maladjustment, and body shape, but might be considered in future studies as mechanisms underlying links between personality and body shape.
KW - Body mass index
KW - Body shape
KW - Maladjustment
KW - Personality
KW - Repression
KW - Waist-hip ratio
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U2 - 10.1207/S15327558IJBM1003_03
DO - 10.1207/S15327558IJBM1003_03
M3 - Article
C2 - 14525718
AN - SCOPUS:0041358819
SN - 1070-5503
VL - 10
SP - 221
EP - 238
JO - International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
JF - International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
IS - 3
ER -