Stigmatization of Overweight Mexican Children

Autor/inn/en	Bacardi-Gascon, Montserrat; Leon-Reyes, Maria Juana; Jimenez-Cruz, Arturo
Titel	Stigmatization of Overweight Mexican Children
Quelle	In: Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 38 (2007) 2, S.99-105 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-398X
DOI	10.1007/s10578-006-0045-2
Schlagwörter	Indigenous Populations; Mothers; Gender Differences; Obesity; Social Bias; Social Attitudes; Body Weight; Comparative Analysis; Parent Attitudes; Body Composition; Socioeconomic Status; Ethnicity; Disabilities; Peer Acceptance; Rejection (Psychology); Foreign Countries; Grade 6; Negative Attitudes; Mexicans; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sinti und Roma; Mother; Mutter; Geschlechterkonflikt; Adipositas; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Körpergewicht; Elternverhalten; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Ethnizität; Handicap; Behinderung; Ablehnung; Ausland; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Negative Fixierung; Mexikaner; Mexiko
Abstract	The present study was designed to determine the weight-based stigmatization of Mexican overweight (OW) and non-OW children by their mothers and peers, who rated both boys and girls with varying physical characteristics. Four hundred and thirty-two fifth and sixth graders and 342 mothers participated in the study. Children were administered a questionnaire displaying six drawings. Participants' responses were numbered in order of preference from 1 to 6 (most to least well liked). Participants were divided into categories based on socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and current body mass index. The majority of children chose the child in a wheelchair as the preferred friend. Boys and girls, Indian and non-Indian, with and without risk of OW chose the obese peer as the least-preferred friend. Non-OW girls and their mothers liked the obese child less than non-OW boys and their mothers. Agreement correlations between mothers and children were rho = 0.19 (P = 0.0001), rho = 0.17 (P = 0.001), and rho = 0.13 (P = 0.02) for the healthy child, child with missing arm, and obese child, respectively. There was a strong correlation between Indian mothers and non-OW daughters (rho = 0.54, P = 0.009) on choosing the drawing of the obese child as the least preferred friend. These data suggest an influential effect of the negative attitude of mothers toward the obese child, which are projected to their children. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10