Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden.
Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
BMC Psychol. 2017 Apr 4;5(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s40359-017-0180-5.
Research on the relationships between adolescent and parental disordered eating (DE) and emotion dysregulation is scarce. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore whether mothers' and fathers' own DE, as measured by SCOFF questionnaire, and emotion dysregulation, as measured by the difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS), were associated with their daughters' or sons' DE and emotion dysregulation. Furthermore, the importance of shared family meals and possible parent-related predictors of adolescent DE were explored.
The total sample comprised 1,265 adolescents (M = 16.19, SD = 1.21; age range 13.5-19 years, 54.5% female) whose parents had received a self-report questionnaire via mail. Of these, 235 adolescents (18.6% of the total sample) whose parents completed the questionnaire were used in the analyses. Parents' responses were matched and compared with those of their child.
Adolescent girls showed greater levels of DE overall than did their parents. Furthermore, DE was associated with emotion dysregulation among both adolescents and parents. Adolescent and parental emotion dysregulation was associated, although there were gender differences in the specifics of this relationship. The frequency of shared dinner meals was the only variable that was associated to DE and emotion dysregulation among adolescents, while parental eating disorder was the only variable that enhanced the probability of adolescent DE.
The present study contributes to the literature by demonstrating that there are significant associations between parents and their adolescent children in terms of DE, emotion dysregulation, and shared family meals. Future studies should break down these relationships among mothers, fathers, girls, and boys to further clarify the specific associational, and possibly predictive, directions.
青少年与父母饮食失调（DE）和情绪调节障碍的关系研究较少。因此，本研究旨在探讨母亲和父亲自身的 DE，用 SCOFF 问卷进行衡量，以及情绪调节障碍，用情绪调节困难量表（DERS）进行衡量，是否与他们女儿或儿子的 DE 和情绪调节障碍有关。此外，还探讨了共享家庭餐的重要性以及可能与父母有关的青少年 DE 的预测因素。
总样本包括 1265 名青少年（M = 16.19，SD = 1.21；年龄范围 13.5-19 岁，54.5%为女性），其父母通过邮件收到了一份自我报告问卷。在这些青少年中，有 235 名（总样本的 18.6%）父母完成了问卷，用于分析。父母的回答与孩子的回答相匹配并进行比较。
青少年女孩的 DE 总体水平高于父母。此外，DE 与青少年和父母的情绪调节障碍都有关。尽管在这种关系的具体细节上存在性别差异，但青少年和父母的情绪调节障碍是相关的。共享晚餐的频率是唯一与青少年 DE 和情绪调节障碍相关的变量，而父母的饮食障碍是唯一增强青少年 DE 可能性的变量。
本研究通过证明父母与青少年子女在 DE、情绪调节障碍和共享家庭餐方面存在显著关联，为文献做出了贡献。未来的研究应该进一步细分母亲、父亲、女孩和男孩之间的这些关系，以更清楚地阐明特定的关联和可能的预测方向。
