Parental Perceptions of Their Adolescent's Weight Status: The ECHO Study

Autor/inn/en	Hearst, Mary O.; Sherwood, Nancy E.; Klein, Elizabeth G.; Pasch, Keryn E.; Lytle, Leslie A.
Titel	Parental Perceptions of Their Adolescent's Weight Status: The ECHO Study
Quelle	In: American Journal of Health Behavior, 35 (2011) 2, S.248-255 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-3244
DOI	10.5993/AJHB.35.2.12
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Parent Attitudes; Adolescents; Classification; Body Weight; Multivariate Analysis; Educational Attainment; Parent Background; Higher Education; Males; Parent Role; Health Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Elternverhalten; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Körpergewicht; Multivariate Analyse; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternhaus; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Parental role; Elternrolle; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten
Abstract	Objectives: To assess the correlates of parental classification of adolescent weight status. Methods: Measured adolescent weight status was compared to parent self-report perception data (n 374 dyads) using multivariate analyses with interactions to identify characteristics associated with inaccurate parent classification of adolescent weight status. Results: Adolescent weight status was underestimated by 31 of parents. College-educated parents were more likely to underestimate the weight of their male adolescents (OR1.95) and overweight adolescents (OR4.0). Non-college-educated parents were 8.92 times as likely to misclassify overweight adolescents, regardless of the sex of the child. Conclusions: Parental perception may play a role in supporting adolescent's healthy weight-related behaviors. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10