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Susan J. Paxton
Researcher at La Trobe University
Publications - 316
Citations - 18739
Susan J. Paxton is an academic researcher from La Trobe University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Eating disorders & Disordered eating. The author has an hindex of 71, co-authored 290 publications receiving 16155 citations. Previous affiliations of Susan J. Paxton include Paul Sabatier University & Deakin University.
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Does body satisfaction matter? Five-year longitudinal associations between body satisfaction and health behaviors in adolescent females and males.
TL;DR: The study findings indicate that lower body satisfaction does not serve as a motivator for engaging in healthy weight management behaviors, but rather predicts the use of behaviors that may place adolescents at risk for weight gain and poorer overall health.
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Body Dissatisfaction Prospectively Predicts Depressive Mood and Low Self-Esteem in Adolescent Girls and Boys
TL;DR: Findings are consistent with the hypothesis that body dissatisfaction is a risk factor for depressive mood and low self-esteem in both girls and boys but in different phases of adolescence.
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Friendship clique and peer influences on body image concerns, dietary restraint, extreme weight-loss behaviors, and binge eating in adolescent girls.
TL;DR: This paper explored friendship vanables in relation to body image, dietary restraint, extreme weight-loss behaviors (EWLBs), and binge eating in adolescent girls from 523 girls, and identified 79 friendship cliques using social network analysis.
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Prospective Predictors of Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescent Girls and Boys: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study.
TL;DR: Predictors of Time 2 body dissatisfaction were Time 1 body dissatisfaction, body mass index, socioeconomic status, being African American, friend dieting and teasing, self-esteem, and depression, however, the profile of predictors differed across the samples.
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Unmet need for treatment in the eating disorders: A systematic review of eating disorder specific treatment seeking among community cases
TL;DR: The literature provides a complex picture, as a minority receive appropriate mental health care, yet many receive treatment for weight loss, indicating that individuals with eating disorders are much more likely to receiving treatment for a perceived problem with weight.