Puhl Rebecca M, Lessard Leah M, Pudney Ellen V, Foster Gary D, Cardel Michelle I
Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Department of Human Development & Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
Pediatr Obes. 2022 Dec;17(12):e12962. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12962. Epub 2022 Aug 4.
Little is known about parent and adolescent motivations for engaging in weight communication.
To assess parent and adolescent motivations for engaging in, or avoiding, weight communication, and whether these reasons differed across sex, race/ethnicity, weight, and engagement in weight management.
Independent samples of parents (N = 1936) and unrelated adolescents (N = 2032) completed questionnaires assessing their agreement with different reasons they engage in, or avoid, parent-adolescent weight communication, using 7-point Likert scales (strongly-disagree to strongly-agree).
Parents, irrespective of sex, race/ethnicity, and child's weight status, expressed stronger motivations for engaging in weight communication in order for their child to feel good about his/her weight and body size compared to being motivated because a health professional raised their child's weight as a concern. Adolescent motivations for weight communication with parents stemmed from health concerns and worry about their weight; avoidance stemmed from feeling embarrassed, upset, or not wanting to obsess about weight. Differences emerged across sex and race/ethnicity but were most pronounced by weight status and weight management.
Parents and adolescents have different motivations for engaging in or avoiding weight communication. Protecting adolescents' emotional wellbeing and body esteem are viewed as reasons for both engaging in or avoiding weight communication.
关于父母与青少年进行体重相关交流的动机,我们知之甚少。
评估父母和青少年进行或避免体重相关交流的动机,以及这些原因在性别、种族/民族、体重和体重管理参与度方面是否存在差异。
独立抽取的父母样本(N = 1936)和非亲属青少年样本(N = 2032)完成了问卷,问卷使用7点李克特量表(从强烈不同意到强烈同意)评估他们对进行或避免父母与青少年体重相关交流的不同原因的认同程度。
无论性别、种族/民族和孩子的体重状况如何,与因健康专业人员提出孩子的体重问题而产生的动机相比,父母表示更强烈的动机是让孩子对自己的体重和体型感觉良好。青少年与父母进行体重相关交流的动机源于对健康的担忧和对自己体重的忧虑;避免交流则源于感到尴尬、不安或不想过分关注体重。在性别和种族/民族方面存在差异,但在体重状况和体重管理方面差异最为明显。
父母和青少年在进行或避免体重相关交流方面有不同的动机。保护青少年的情绪健康和身体自尊被视为进行或避免体重相关交流的原因。