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0000-0002-1588-9530
Current Organisation
University of Tasmania
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Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 19-02-2019
DOI: 10.1007/S11136-019-02140-W
Abstract: We examined the relative importance of body dissatisfaction (BD) and internalized weight bias (IWB) in accounting for variance in quality of life (QoL) impairment in an ethnically erse s le of college students (n = 630) and potential moderation of these associations by sex. Participants completed an online survey that included established measures of BD, IWB and QoL. Regression models were used to examine the relative contributions of BD and IWB in accounting for variance in physical and mental QoL impairment. BD and IWB were highly correlated with bivariate analysis in both women (r = .76) and men (r = .60). In multivariable analysis, IWB was found to be associated with both physical (b = - 1.33, 95% CI - 1.93, - 0.72) and mental (b = - 2.58, 95% CI - 3.45, - 1.72) QoL impairment, whilst BD was not associated with impairment in either physical (b = - 0.29, 95% CI - 0.68, 0.09) or mental (b = - 0.48, 95% CI - 1.03, 0.07) QoL. While levels of both BD and IWB were higher for women than for men, sex did not moderate the association between either BD or IWB and either physical or mental QoL. The findings support the view that IWB warrants greater attention in interventions seeking to reduce the adverse impact of BD in both women and men and both normal-weight and overweight in iduals.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 07-01-2019
DOI: 10.1007/S10899-018-09819-8
Abstract: In iduals who undertake tertiary study outside their home countries ("international students") may be at increased risk of problem gambling behaviour. To inform this issue, we examined gambling behaviour, problem gambling behaviour and reasons for gambling among international students, primarily from Asian countries, attending university in Tasmania, Australia. Online surveys that included established measures of each outcome were completed by these students (n = 382) along with a comparison group of domestic students (n = 1013). While most forms of gambling assessed were less common among international students than among domestic students, rates of problem gambling were higher among international students (2.6%) than among domestic (1.4%) students. Further, whereas rates of problem gambling did not differ by sex among domestic students, problem gambling among international students was confined to males. Hence, rates of problem gambling were markedly elevated in this subgroup (5% of all male international students, 15% of male international students who reported any form of gambling in the past 12 months). International students were more likely than domestic students to report engaging in gambling as a means of regulating their internal states and for a challenge and these and other reasons for gambling were positively correlated with problem gambling behaviour. The findings support the need for population- and c us-based health promotion and early intervention programs targeting international students, male students in particular. Information concerning in iduals' reasons for gambling might usefully be included in these programs.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 04-2020
DOI: 10.1111/AJR.12620
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 06-2018
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