Department of Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences, University of Houston, 3657 Cullen Boulevard Room 491, Houston, TX 77204-5029, USA.
2M Research Services, LLC, 500 E Border Street, Arlington, TX 76010, USA.
Appetite. 2018 Jan 1;120:557-564. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.10.009. Epub 2017 Oct 12.
There is a dearth of research regarding the association of child and parent traits to the use of unhealthy weight control behaviors among minority girls with obesity. This study examined the moderating effects of mothers' and daughters' acculturation in the relation of parenting strategies (setting limits, monitoring and discipline) to unhealthy weight control behaviors in Hispanic girls with obesity. Participants included 148 Hispanic mother-daughter dyads (M = 39.1, SD = 6.4 years; M = 11.3, SD = 1.5 years, respectively). Two-thirds of the mothers were born in Mexico and 46% of them reported low levels of acculturation. In contrast, almost all daughters (90%) were born in the United States and reported high levels of acculturation. Participants were recruited through school nurses and social agencies community coordinators. Mothers and daughters completed surveys on demographic, acculturation, unhealthy weight control behaviors (daughters only) and parenting strategies (mothers only), and had their height, weight, and adiposity assessed. Results from a hierarchical regression analysis revealed that daughters' acculturation, but not mothers' acculturation, moderated the relation of parenting limit setting to daughters' reported engagement in unhealthy weight control behaviors (β = 1.12, p = 0.007). That is, mothers who used more limit setting were less likely to have daughters engaging in unhealthy weight control behavior and this association was stronger among low acculturated girls than among their highly acculturated counterparts. Future research should assess cultural influences and parenting practices in a sample of Hispanic mothers and their adolescent daughters of varied weight statuses and acculturation levels.
关于儿童和父母特征与少数族裔肥胖女孩使用不健康的体重控制行为之间的关系，研究还很少。本研究检验了母亲和女儿的文化适应在养育策略（设定限制、监督和纪律）与肥胖西班牙裔女孩不健康的体重控制行为之间的关系中的调节作用。参与者包括 148 对西班牙裔母女（M=39.1，SD=6.4 岁；M=11.3，SD=1.5 岁）。三分之二的母亲出生在墨西哥，其中 46%的人文化适应程度较低。相比之下，几乎所有的女儿（90%）都出生在美国，文化适应程度较高。参与者是通过学校护士和社会机构社区协调员招募的。母亲和女儿完成了关于人口统计学、文化适应、不健康的体重控制行为（仅女儿）和养育策略（仅母亲）的调查，并测量了她们的身高、体重和肥胖程度。分层回归分析的结果表明，女儿的文化适应程度，但不是母亲的文化适应程度，调节了养育限制设定与女儿报告的参与不健康体重控制行为之间的关系（β=1.12，p=0.007）。也就是说，使用更多限制设定的母亲不太可能让女儿参与不健康的体重控制行为，而这种关联在文化适应程度较低的女孩中比在高度文化适应的女孩中更强。未来的研究应该在不同体重状况和文化适应程度的西班牙裔母亲及其青少年女儿的样本中评估文化影响和养育实践。
