RT Article
T1 Differential influences of parenting dimensions and parental physical abuse during childhood on overweight and obesity in adolescents
JF Children
VO 4
IS 3
SP 1
OP 11
A1 Mößle, Thomas
A2 Kliem, Sören
A2 Lohmann, Anna
A2 Bergmann, Marie Christine
A2 Baier, Dirk 1976-
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1839421789
AB Besides other explanatory variables, parenting styles and parental violence might also be responsible for setting a path towards overweight/obesity in childhood. While this association has consistently been observed for adults, findings for adolescents still remain scarce and inconsistent. Therefore, the goal of this study is to add evidence on this topic for children and adolescents. Analyses are based on a sample of 1729 German, ninth-grade students. To analyze associations between parenting dimensions and weight status, non-parametric conditional inference trees were applied. Three gender-specific pathways for a heightened risk of overweight/obesity were observed: (1) female adolescents who report having experienced severe parental physical abuse and medium/high parental warmth in childhood; (2) male adolescents who report having experienced low or medium parental monitoring in childhood; and (3) this second pathway for male adolescents is more pronounced if the families receive welfare. The importance of promoting parenting styles characterized by warmth and a lack of physical abuse is also discussed. This is one of only a few studies examining the association of parenting dimensions/parental physical abuse and weight status in adolescence. Future studies should include even more parenting dimensions, as well as parental physical abuse levels, in order to detect and untangle gender-specific effects on weight status.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 9-11
NO Gesehen am 17.03.2023
K1 BMI
K1 body weight
K1 Overweight
K1 Obesity
K1 parenting style
K1 warmth
K1 Monitoring
K1 parental physical abuse
K1 Childhood
K1 Adolescence
K1 Psychology
DO 10.3390/children4030017