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Relationships between body size attitudes and body image of 4-year-old boys and girls, and attitudes of their fathers and mothers
BACKGROUND: Body size attitudes and body image form early in life, and understanding the factors that may be related to the development of such attitudes is important to design effective body dissatisfaction and disordered eating prevention interventions. This study explored how fathers’ and mothers...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4404587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25901282 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-015-0048-0 |
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author | Damiano, Stephanie R Gregg, Karen J Spiel, Emma C McLean, Siân A Wertheim, Eleanor H Paxton, Susan J |
author_facet | Damiano, Stephanie R Gregg, Karen J Spiel, Emma C McLean, Siân A Wertheim, Eleanor H Paxton, Susan J |
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description | BACKGROUND: Body size attitudes and body image form early in life, and understanding the factors that may be related to the development of such attitudes is important to design effective body dissatisfaction and disordered eating prevention interventions. This study explored how fathers’ and mothers’ body size attitudes, body dissatisfaction, and dietary restraint are associated with the body size attitudes and body image of their 4-year-old sons and daughters. METHODS: Participants were 279 4-year-old children (46% boys) and their parents. Children were interviewed and parents completed questionnaires assessing their body size attitudes and related behaviours. RESULTS: Socially prescribed stereotypical body size attitudes were evident in 4-year-old boys and girls; however, prevalence of body dissatisfaction was low in this sample. Correlation analyses revealed that boys’ body size attitudes were associated with a number of paternal body image variables. In boys, attributing negative characteristics to larger figures and positive characteristics to thinner figures were associated with fathers having more negative attitudes towards obese persons. Attributing positive characteristics to larger figures by boys was associated with greater levels of paternal dietary restraint. In girls, attributing positive characteristics to thinner figures was only associated with greater maternal dietary restraint. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest the possibility that fathers’ body size attitudes may be particularly important in establishing body size attitudes in their sons. Further research is necessary to better understand the role of fathers in the development of children’s body size attitudes. |
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spelling | pubmed-44045872015-04-22 Relationships between body size attitudes and body image of 4-year-old boys and girls, and attitudes of their fathers and mothers Damiano, Stephanie R Gregg, Karen J Spiel, Emma C McLean, Siân A Wertheim, Eleanor H Paxton, Susan J J Eat Disord Research Article BACKGROUND: Body size attitudes and body image form early in life, and understanding the factors that may be related to the development of such attitudes is important to design effective body dissatisfaction and disordered eating prevention interventions. This study explored how fathers’ and mothers’ body size attitudes, body dissatisfaction, and dietary restraint are associated with the body size attitudes and body image of their 4-year-old sons and daughters. METHODS: Participants were 279 4-year-old children (46% boys) and their parents. Children were interviewed and parents completed questionnaires assessing their body size attitudes and related behaviours. RESULTS: Socially prescribed stereotypical body size attitudes were evident in 4-year-old boys and girls; however, prevalence of body dissatisfaction was low in this sample. Correlation analyses revealed that boys’ body size attitudes were associated with a number of paternal body image variables. In boys, attributing negative characteristics to larger figures and positive characteristics to thinner figures were associated with fathers having more negative attitudes towards obese persons. Attributing positive characteristics to larger figures by boys was associated with greater levels of paternal dietary restraint. In girls, attributing positive characteristics to thinner figures was only associated with greater maternal dietary restraint. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest the possibility that fathers’ body size attitudes may be particularly important in establishing body size attitudes in their sons. Further research is necessary to better understand the role of fathers in the development of children’s body size attitudes. BioMed Central 2015-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4404587/ /pubmed/25901282 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-015-0048-0 Text en © Damiano et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Damiano, Stephanie R Gregg, Karen J Spiel, Emma C McLean, Siân A Wertheim, Eleanor H Paxton, Susan J Relationships between body size attitudes and body image of 4-year-old boys and girls, and attitudes of their fathers and mothers |
title | Relationships between body size attitudes and body image of 4-year-old boys and girls, and attitudes of their fathers and mothers |
title_full | Relationships between body size attitudes and body image of 4-year-old boys and girls, and attitudes of their fathers and mothers |
title_fullStr | Relationships between body size attitudes and body image of 4-year-old boys and girls, and attitudes of their fathers and mothers |
title_full_unstemmed | Relationships between body size attitudes and body image of 4-year-old boys and girls, and attitudes of their fathers and mothers |
title_short | Relationships between body size attitudes and body image of 4-year-old boys and girls, and attitudes of their fathers and mothers |
title_sort | relationships between body size attitudes and body image of 4-year-old boys and girls, and attitudes of their fathers and mothers |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4404587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25901282 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-015-0048-0 |
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