Parents' perceptions of parent-child interactions related to eating and body image: an experimental vignette study.
Eat Disord
; 28(3): 272-288, 2020.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30977721
ABSTRACT
Parents are key to children's health because they can influence children's eating behavior and body image and can make health-related decisions for children. Despite their influence, research on parents' opinions about parenting practices related to weight and eating is limited. Experimental vignettes examined parents' perceptions of parent-child interactions around body image, eating, and weight loss. We manipulated vignette-child weight (healthy-weight, overweight) and communication tone (positive, negative, neutral) to assess their influence on parents' perceptions. Parents (N = 233, 27.5% fathers, 72.5% mothers) were randomly assigned to read one of six vignettes. When the vignette-child had overweight, parents were more likely to recommend seeking help for body image and that the vignette-parent should choose the restaurant food order. Parents were less opposed to commenting on the vignette-child's weight when tone was positive. Parents were more likely to recommend weight-loss efforts that could be implemented by the family rather than those requiring professional assistance. This study is among the first to examine parents' opinions about parenting practices related to weight and eating using an experimental design. Findings might inform future research and continued work on prevention and treatment applications to help align parents' existing opinions about weight and eating with evidence-based health-promoting strategies.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Relações Pais-Filho
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Percepção Social
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Imagem Corporal
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Peso Corporal
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Comportamento Infantil
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Poder Familiar
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Comportamento Alimentar
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eat Disord
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos