Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Int J Eat Disord. 2022 Dec;55(12):1811-1823. doi: 10.1002/eat.23818. Epub 2022 Oct 5.
Puberty is a period of increased risk for the development of binge eating in female adolescents. Although developmental changes in autonomy-seeking behaviors and body weight and shape may influence both parenting styles and binge eating during puberty, studies have yet to examine how parenting practices may be differentially associated with youth outcomes depending on developmental stage. The current study examines whether interactions between puberty and parenting are associated with higher levels of binge-eating symptoms during/after puberty in female youth.
Analyses used cross-sectional data from a previous study of disordered eating and puberty in 999 female youth (ages 8-16) and their parents from the Michigan State University Twin Registry. Youth self-reported binge eating, pubertal development, and perceived parental care and overprotection. Both parents and youth reported on parent-child conflict. Mixed linear models were used to examine whether pubertal development moderates the strength of associations between parenting (parent-child conflict, parental care, and parental overprotection) and offspring binge eating.
Although higher levels of parental overprotection and conflict, and lower levels of parental care were all significantly associated with binge eating, none of the associations were significantly moderated by pubertal development or age.
The quality of the parent-child relationship is significantly associated with binge eating in female youth regardless of developmental stage, highlighting the need for targeting harmful parenting strategies during adolescent eating disorder intervention.
This is the first study to examine whether parenting/binge-eating associations in female participants differ across pubertal development. In a large population-based sample, we found lower parental care, higher parent-child conflict, and higher parental overprotection were all associated with higher levels of binge eating. Notably, associations did not differ across pubertal stage or age, suggesting that parenting is significantly associated with binge eating, regardless of developmental stage.
青春期是女性青少年暴食发生风险增加的时期。尽管自主寻求行为和体重及体型的发育变化可能同时影响育儿方式和青春期暴食，但目前的研究尚未探讨育儿实践是否会根据发育阶段的不同而与青年的结果产生不同的关联。本研究检验了青春期和育儿之间的相互作用是否与女性青少年在青春期期间/之后更高水平的暴食症状有关。
分析使用了来自密歇根州立大学双胞胎登记处之前对饮食失调和青春期的研究中的横断面数据，该研究共纳入了 999 名女性青少年（年龄 8-16 岁）及其父母。青少年自我报告暴食、青春期发育以及感知到的父母关怀和过度保护。父母和青少年都报告了亲子冲突。混合线性模型用于检验青春期发育是否调节了育儿（亲子冲突、父母关怀和父母过度保护）与子女暴食之间关联的强度。
尽管父母过度保护和冲突的水平较高，以及父母关怀的水平较低都与暴食显著相关，但这些关联都没有被青春期发育或年龄显著调节。
无论发育阶段如何，亲子关系的质量都与女性青少年的暴食显著相关，这凸显了在青少年饮食障碍干预中需要针对有害的育儿策略。
这是第一项研究，检验了女性参与者中育儿/暴食关联是否因青春期发育而有所不同。在一个大型基于人群的样本中，我们发现父母关怀较低、亲子冲突较高和父母过度保护较高都与暴食水平较高相关。值得注意的是，关联在青春期阶段或年龄上没有差异，这表明无论发育阶段如何，育儿都与暴食显著相关。
