The Gender Differences of Mediating Effect of Body Mass Index Between Perceived Control and Depressive Symptoms in Korean Workers

Key Points

• The study aims to investigate how body mass index mediates the relationship between perceived control and depressive symptoms across genders.
• Analyzed associations between perceived control, BMI, and depressive symptoms in Korean workers
• Compared findings between male and female participants
• BMI partially mediated the link between perceived control and depression in males but not females
• Perceived control was negatively associated with both BMI and depressive symptoms for both genders