Health Program, Educational Psychology Department, University of Houston, 491 Farish Hall, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Eat Behav. 2013 Dec;14(4):513-7. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.06.012. Epub 2013 Jul 2.
To assess the association among parent and peer weight-related teasing, emotional eating, and weight control behaviors in minority girls.
141 Hispanic and African American preadolescent girls (mean age = 11.1 years, SD = 1.5 years) participated. Most of the participants were of Hispanic origin, had a bicultural orientation, and were obese. Participants completed surveys assessing weight-related teasing, emotional eating, weight control behaviors, demographic, and acculturation characteristics. Body weight and height were also assessed. Hierarchical regression analyses were run to determine the associations among study variables.
Fifty-nine percent of participants reported being weight-related teased by peers and 42% participants reported weight-related teasing by parents. Weight-related teasing by parent was associated with emotional eating and binge eating, whereas peer weight-related teasing was only associated with emotional eating.
Findings demonstrated the differential association of weight-related teasing from peers and parents to emotional and binge eating in minority girls.
评估父母和同伴与体重相关的嘲笑、情绪性进食与少数族裔少女体重控制行为之间的关联。
141 名西班牙裔和非裔美国青春期前女孩（平均年龄=11.1 岁，标准差=1.5 岁）参与了研究。大多数参与者具有西班牙裔血统，具有双文化取向，并且肥胖。参与者完成了评估与体重相关的嘲笑、情绪性进食、体重控制行为、人口统计学和文化适应特征的调查。还评估了体重和身高。进行了层次回归分析以确定研究变量之间的关联。
59%的参与者报告说受到同伴的与体重相关的嘲笑，42%的参与者报告说受到父母的与体重相关的嘲笑。父母的与体重相关的嘲笑与情绪性进食和暴食有关，而同伴的与体重相关的嘲笑仅与情绪性进食有关。
研究结果表明，来自同伴和父母的与体重相关的嘲笑与少数族裔少女的情绪性进食和暴食之间存在差异关联。
