Maternal depression and socio-economic status moderate the parenting style/child obesity association

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ID15095141
AutoresGlade Topham (0000-0001-6908-225X, Oklahoma State University, autor correspondente), Glade L Topham, Melanie C Page (0000-0001-7081-5174, Oklahoma State University), Laura Hubbs‐tait (0000-0003-0105-0635, Oklahoma State University), Laura Hubbs-Tait, Julie M Rutledge (Oklahoma State University), Tay S Kennedy, Tay Kennedy (Oklahoma State University), Lenka H Shriver (0000-0002-3125-333X, Oklahoma State University), Lenka Shriver, Amanda W Harrist (0000-0002-1423-7004, Oklahoma State University)
Ano2010
Volume13
Fascículo8
Páginas1237-1244
Data de publicação2010-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980009992163
PMID19968899
OpenAlexW2114360690
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas27
Referências citadas48

Objective The purpose of the study was to test the moderating influence of two risk factors, maternal depression and socio-economic status (SES), on the association between authoritarian and permissive parenting styles and child obesity. Design Correlational, cross-sectional study. Parenting style was measured with the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ). Maternal depression was measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). BMI-for-age percentile was used to categorize children by weight status (children with BMI-for-age ≥95th percentile were classified as obese). SES was computed from parent education and occupational status using the four-factor Hollingshead index. Setting Rural public schools in a mid-western state in the USA. Subjects One hundred and seventy-six mothers of first-grade children (ninety-one boys, eighty-five girls) enrolled in rural public schools. Results Both maternal depression and SES were found to moderate the permissive parenting style/child obesity association, but not the authoritarian/child obesity association. For depressed mothers, but not for non-depressed mothers, more permissive parenting was predictive of child obesity. Similarly more permissive parenting was predictive of child obesity among higher SES mothers, but not for lower SES mothers. Conclusions Maternal depression and SES interact with permissive parenting style to predict child obesity. Future research should examine the relationship among these variables using a longitudinal design

Association (psychology · Depression (economics · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Obesity · Parenting styles · Permissive · Population · Socioeconomic status · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology