OBJECTIVES This study examines the role of parental messages about body image in relation to body image dissatisfaction (BID) and depressive symptoms among Latinx college students. We assessed negative and positive messages about body image from mothers and fathers to examine the indirect effect of BID in explaining links from parental communication to depressive symptoms. METHOD The sample included 198 Latinx college students in the southeastern United States (age range 18-25, 70% female). We used four mediation models, whereby parental comments were modeled to affect depressive symptoms through BID. RESULTS Results indicated that although there was no direct effect between parental messages and depressive symptoms, both negative maternal and paternal comments had indirect effects on depressive symptoms via BID. CONCLUSIONS Parental messages about body image have significant implications for understanding the etiology of BID and concomitant depressive symptoms among Latinx college students. The findings highlight the important role of parental communication in Latinx student health and the need for future studies to better understand Latinx college students' interpretations of their parents' positive and negative comments. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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拉丁裔大学生的身体意象感知，父母信息和抑郁症状之间的关系。

目的这项研究调查了有关拉丁裔大学生的父母对身体形象的信息与身体形象不满意（BID）和抑郁症状的关系。我们评估了来自父母的关于身体形象的消极和正面信息，以检验BID在解释从父母沟通到抑郁症状的联系方面的间接作用。方法样本包括美国东南部的198名拉丁裔大学生（年龄在18-25之间，女性占70％）。我们使用了四种调解模型，通过这种模型，父母意见被建模为通过BID影响抑郁症状。结果结果表明，尽管父母信息和抑郁症状之间没有直接影响，但父母双方的负面评论都通过BID对抑郁症状产生了间接影响。结论父母关于身体图像的信息对于理解拉丁裔大学生的BID病因和伴随的抑郁症状具有重要意义。研究结果突出了父母沟通在拉丁裔学生健康中的重要作用，以及为更好地理解拉丁裔大学生对其父母的正面和负面评论所作的进一步研究的需要。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。正面和负面评论。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。正面和负面评论。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。