Associations Between Parent-Child Communication and Connectedness, Parent Feeding Behavior, and Child Body Mass in Pre-Adolescent Children

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作者
Lowe, Kristina D. [1 ]
Lott, Mark A. [2 ,3 ]
Jensen, Chad D. [4 ]
机构
[1] Childrens Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
[2] Univ Texas Southwestern Med Ctr, Dallas, TX USA
[3] Brigham Young Univ, Childrens Hlth, Provo, UT 84602 USA
[4] Brigham Young Univ, Dept Psychol, 223 John Taylor Bldg, Provo, UT 84602 USA
关键词
nutrition; parents; weight management; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; KEEPING SECRETS; WEIGHT STATUS; ADOLESCENTS; BELIEFS; QUESTIONNAIRE; PREDICTORS; INDEX;
D O I
10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa087
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
Objective This study evaluated associations between parent-child connectedness and communication, parent feeding behaviors (restriction, pressure to eat, and monitoring), and age- and sex-standardized child body mass index (zBMI) in a sample of pre-adolescent children aged 8-12 years. Methods A community sample of three hundred and eight child-parent dyads completed measures of communication and connectedness. Parents completed a feeding behavior measure and children were weighed and their height was measured. We examined whether parental feeding behaviors and parent-child communication and connectedness predicted child zBMI and whether parental feeding behaviors moderated the association between parent-child communication and connectedness and child zBMI. Results Feeding restriction was positively associated with zBMI, while both pressure to eat and food monitoring exhibited negative associations with zBMI. Child-reported communication was inversely associated with zBMI and parental pressure to eat moderated this association such that lower pressure to eat predicted a stronger association between communication and zBMI. Conclusions These findings are consistent with previous research suggesting that parent feeding strategies and parent-child communication are important contributors to child weight status. This study also provides preliminary evidence suggesting that adaptive parent-child communication is associated with lower body mass when parents avoid pressuring their child to eat. Our study provides an important extension of this body of research into middle childhood, a relatively understudied developmental stage.
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