Associations between Parent Restrained Eating, Conflict, and Adolescent Eating (in Latinx Sample)
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Associations between Parent Restrained Eating, Conflict, and Adolescent Eating (in Latinx Sample) 1
Antoinette M. London-Johnson
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Jeffery W. Allen1 Kinsey E. Pocchio1 Joseph G. Grzywacz1 ●
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Accepted: 7 October 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract The goal of this study was to improve understanding of the role of family, at multiple levels, in potentially shaping adolescent eating behaviors (i.e., restrained, emotional, and external). To achieve this goal, this study used data from parent–adolescent dyads in ethnic minority families living in poverty, a group that is understudied and disproportionately affected by obesity, to accomplish three primary aims: (1) determine if parental restrained eating behavior is associated with adolescent eating behaviors; (2) examine variation in parent and adolescent perspectives on conflict, and whether sourcespecific appraisals of conflict are associated with adolescent eating behaviors; and (3) determine whether parent–adolescent conflict mediates the association between parent restrained eating and adolescent eating behaviors. Parents completed a measure of restrained eating and adolescents completed measures of three forms of eating behaviors (i.e., restrained, emotional, and external cues), while parents and adolescents (N = 91) completed reports of parent–adolescent conflict. Greater parent-reported restrained eating was associated with more adolescent-reported restrained, emotional, and external eating. Adolescent-reported parent–adolescent conflict (M = 57.03, SD = 18.37) did not differ significantly from parentreported parent–adolescent conflict (M = 59.25, SD = 21.40). There was a small, but significant, correlation between parentand adolescent-reported conflict (r = 0.27, p < 0.05). Greater adolescent-reported parent–adolescent conflict was associated with more emotional and external eating. No evidence of mediation was found for any adolescent eating behavior outcome. The findings underscore the importance of examining adolescent eating behavior in the context of the broader family system. Keywords Parent restrained eating Parent-adolescent conflict Adolescent eating behaviors Latino/a Parent-child dyads ●
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Highlights Focuses on understudied impoverished Latino/a sample. ● Utilizes dyadic data for parent and adolescents’ reports on family functioning. ● Explores the link between adolescent eating behavior and multi-level family factors. ● Guide for clinical practice with adolescents struggling with weight related issues. ● Guide for family research and intervention development and implementation. ●
Adolescent eating behavior is among the most proximal determinants of weight. Eating behavior consists of a broad and diverse set of topics (Bauer et al. 2013), one set of which emphasizes distinct cues to eating. Restrained eating, or conscious decision to refrain from eating certain types of foods or limiting food intake (Snoek et al. 2013; Van Strien
* Antoinette M. London
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