TY - JOUR
T1 - Child versus parent report of parental influences on children's weight-related attitudes and behaviors
AU - Haines, Jess
AU - Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne
AU - Hannan, Peter
AU - Robinson-O'Brien, Ramona
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper was funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and by the National Institutes of Health (R21 DK072972).
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - Objective: To compare parent and child report of parental weight-related behaviors and examine their respective associations with child's weight-related outcomes. Methods: Seventy-three parent-child dyads completed self-administered surveys that assessed parent and child report of parental direct weight-related behaviors (comments to child about weight, encourage child to diet) and indirect behaviors (dieting, comments about own weight/appearance). Outcome variables included child's body dissatisfaction, weight concerns, and dieting. Results: Considerable disagreement (21-30%) was found between parent and child report of parental weight-related behaviors. Both the parent and child report of direct parental behaviors were associated with child's outcomes. Child report of parental indirect behaviors was more consistently associated with child's outcomes than parent report. Conclusion: Parent weight-related behaviors, both direct and indirect, are positively associated with child's weight-related attitudes and behaviors.
AB - Objective: To compare parent and child report of parental weight-related behaviors and examine their respective associations with child's weight-related outcomes. Methods: Seventy-three parent-child dyads completed self-administered surveys that assessed parent and child report of parental direct weight-related behaviors (comments to child about weight, encourage child to diet) and indirect behaviors (dieting, comments about own weight/appearance). Outcome variables included child's body dissatisfaction, weight concerns, and dieting. Results: Considerable disagreement (21-30%) was found between parent and child report of parental weight-related behaviors. Both the parent and child report of direct parental behaviors were associated with child's outcomes. Child report of parental indirect behaviors was more consistently associated with child's outcomes than parent report. Conclusion: Parent weight-related behaviors, both direct and indirect, are positively associated with child's weight-related attitudes and behaviors.
KW - Body image
KW - Children
KW - Dieting
KW - Parents
KW - Weight control
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U2 - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsn016
DO - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsn016
M3 - Article
C2 - 18304997
AN - SCOPUS:46849092788
SN - 0146-8693
VL - 33
SP - 783
EP - 788
JO - Journal of Pediatric Psychology
JF - Journal of Pediatric Psychology
IS - 7
ER -