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Parent–adolescent relationships and the development of weight concerns from early to late adolescence

✍ Scribed by May, Ashleigh L. ;Kim, Ji-Yeon ;McHale, Susan M. ;C. Crouter, Ann

Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
163 KB
Volume
39
Category
Article
ISSN
0276-3478

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✦ Synopsis

Objective: This work describes the developmental course of adolescents' weight concerns and examines links with changes in parent-adolescent relationships for girls and boys.

Method: Adolescents and parents in 191 families participated in 3 annual home interviews; adolescents rated their weight concerns and their intimacy and conflict with parents. Parental knowledge was measured based on the match between adolescents' and parents' reports of youth's experiences each day during 7 evening telephone calls.

Results: Girls' weight concerns increased from age 11 to 16 and then de-clined, whereas boys' concerns declined beginning at age 11. Increases in girls' weight concerns were linked to increases in conflict with mothers and fathers and decreases in maternal intimacy and knowledge. At a trend level, declines in boys' weight concerns were associated with declines in father conflict.

Conclusion:

Mothers and fathers may have unique influences on adolescent weight concerns. Intervention programming should target parent-adolescent relationships.

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