The Parent-Child Relationship as Predictor of Eating Pathology and Weight Gain in Preadolescents

Autor/inn/en	Goossens, Lien; Braet, Caroline; Van Durme, Kim; Decaluwe, Veerle; Bosmans, Guy
Titel	The Parent-Child Relationship as Predictor of Eating Pathology and Weight Gain in Preadolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 41 (2012) 4, S.445-457 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-4416
DOI	10.1080/15374416.2012.660690
Schlagwörter	Eating Disorders; Parent Child Relationship; Preadolescents; Body Composition; Pathology; Mothers; Fathers; Attachment Behavior; Predictor Variables; Body Weight; Obesity; Correlation; Gender Differences; Eating Habits; Foreign Countries; Elementary School Students; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Appetite disorder; Essstörung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Pathologie; Mother; Mutter; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Prädiktor; Körpergewicht; Adipositas; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Ausland; Belgien
Abstract	The present study examined the role of attachment toward mother and father as a predictor of eating pathology and weight gain among preadolescent boys and girls. Self-report questionnaires and adjusted body mass index (BMI) were administered from a community sample of 601 preadolescents (8-11 years; 48% female) at baseline and once again 1 year later. Significant baseline associations were found between attachment toward both parents and several features of eating pathology. No baseline correlations were found between the attachment variables and adjusted BMI. However, after controlling for gender and baseline levels of eating pathology and weight, an insecure attachment toward mother significantly predicted increases in dietary restraint, eating concerns, weight concerns, and shape concerns, and adjusted BMI in the children 1 year later. An insecure attachment toward father was predictive for persistence in children's subjective binge eating episodes. The present study provides preliminary evidence for the longitudinal association between attachment and eating pathology and weight gain in preadolescents. Moreover, attachment toward mother and attachment toward father appear to be differently associated with their children's disordered eating attitudes and adjusted BMI. Future research should further elucidate the mechanisms underlying this differential association. (Contains 6 tables and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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