Sleddens Ester F C, Ten Hoor Gill A, Kok Gerjo, Kremers Stef P J
Department of Health Promotion, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center+, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Department of Human Biology, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands ; Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Springerplus. 2016 Aug 26;5(1):1422. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-3048-x. eCollection 2016.
The aim of this study was to examine the association between parental impulsivity and (12-15 year old) child body mass index (BMI).
In total, 300 parents completed a survey regarding their own impulsivity level (Barratt impulsiveness scale) and that of their child (impulsivity scale of the temperament in middle childhood questionnaire), and supplied details of their own and their child's height and weight. Partial correlations were computed to assess relationships between both parental and child impulsiveness scores and child BMI z-scores, independent of parental BMI. Mediation analyses were performed to assess the potential mediating role of child impulsivity on the relationship between parental impulsivity and child BMI z-score.
For daughters, parental impulsivity was significantly correlated with BMI z-score. Parent-reported child impulsivity was not related to child BMI z-score, and no evidence was found for a mediating effect of parent-reported child impulsivity on the relationship between parental impulsivity and child BMI z-score.
There is a stronger association between parental impulsivity and child BMI z-score than between child impulsivity and child BMI z-score. The relationship between parental impulsivity and-child BMI z-score could possibly be explained by parenting styles and practices. The potentially mediating role of parenting should be taken into account in future studies investigating the role of personality in children becoming overweight or obese.
本研究旨在探讨父母冲动性与（12至15岁）儿童体重指数（BMI）之间的关联。
共有300名父母完成了一项关于他们自身冲动性水平（巴拉特冲动性量表）及其孩子冲动性水平（儿童中期气质问卷冲动性量表）的调查，并提供了他们自己和孩子的身高及体重细节。计算偏相关以评估父母和孩子的冲动性得分与孩子BMI z分数之间的关系，且不受父母BMI的影响。进行中介分析以评估孩子冲动性在父母冲动性与孩子BMI z分数关系中的潜在中介作用。
对于女儿而言，父母冲动性与BMI z分数显著相关。父母报告的孩子冲动性与孩子BMI z分数无关，且未发现父母报告的孩子冲动性在父母冲动性与孩子BMI z分数关系中存在中介作用的证据。
父母冲动性与孩子BMI z分数之间的关联比孩子冲动性与孩子BMI z分数之间的关联更强。父母冲动性与孩子BMI z分数之间的关系可能由养育方式和行为来解释。在未来研究人格在儿童超重或肥胖中所起作用时，应考虑养育方式的潜在中介作用。
