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Perceived parenting style, body dissatisfaction and self-esteem: Associations with overweight and obesity in young children
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POSTER Abstracts although independently associated with child self-esteem, does not appear to moderate the relationship between excess weight and child selfesteem.
doi:10.1016/j.orcp.2011.08.038 P32 Perceived parenting style, body dissatisfaction and self-esteem: Associations with overweight and obesity in young children
doi:10.1016/j.orcp.2011.08.039 P33 Message in postbox: Eat well be active community programs from a child’s world-view
A. Taylor 1,2,∗ , C. Wilson 1,2,3,4 , A. Slater 4 , P. Mohr 1,2
M.G. Jones 1,∗ , F.E. Verity 2,∗
1 University
2 Flinders
of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia 2 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Adelaide, Australia 3 Cancer Council of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia 4 Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia Aim: To determine whether perceived parenting style (demandingness and responsiveness) moderates the relationship between child overweight/obesity and psychological outcomes of self-esteem and body image in children. Methods: Participants were children aged 7—11 years (N = 158) and their primary caregivers, recruited from primary schools across South Australia. Children completed measures of parenting style, self-esteem, and body dissatisfaction, and had their weight and height objectively measured. Parents reported on their education. Regression analyses were conducted to investigate associations between parenting style dimensions of demandingness and responsiveness and child outcomes of weight status, self-esteem and body dissatisfaction, controlling for covariates of child gender, child age and parental education. Results: Perceived parenting did not differ significantly according to weight status of the child. Self-esteem was significantly lower and body dissatisfaction was significantly higher in children who were overweight or obese, compared to their non-overweight counterparts. Perceived parental responsiveness was positively associated with child self-esteem, but parenting was not associated with child body dissatisfaction. Child weight and parenting styles were not found to interact in their association with child self-esteem or body dissatisfaction. Conclusions: Overweight and obesity was associated with higher body dissatisfaction and lower self-esteem in a young, non-treatment-seeking sample. Child-perceived responsive parenting,
1 SA
Health, Adelaide, Australia University, Bedford Park, Australia
Aim: To examine children’s interpretation and experiences of interventions delivered by eat well be active Community Programs (ewbaCP), a childhood community based obesity prevention program delivered in the metropolitan suburb of Morphett Vale and the rural city of Murray Bridge from 2005 to 2010. Methods: An innovative qualitative method called ‘postbox’ occurred in two stages. First, children in years 5, 6 and 7 produced artwork in answer to the question — ‘What nutrition changes have you seen introduced within your school because of eat well be active?’ Certificates were awarded and winning artworks were made into postcards with four evaluation questions on the reverse. Second, the postcards and an accompanying postbox were returned to the schools for the children to complete the postcard evaluation questions as a follow-up classroom activity. This method was repeated with a physical activity focus. A thematic reading was undertaken on the artwork and content analysis on the evaluation questions. Results: A total of 457 children (from 12 Primary Schools) completed and returned postcards. The children identified the visible interventions implemented by ewbaCP and made connections between eating and activity behaviours and their own health and wellbeing. The thematic analysis of the artwork identified the children’s use of moral discourses such as good versus evil and weak versus strong to demonstrate the healthy eating changes within their school. Conclusions: The qualitative components of the evaluation provided an opportunity for children to illustrate and share their views on the changes made to their school as a result of ewbaCP. The unique postbox evaluation provided insights into children’s world-view and their interpretation of interventions used to increase
POSTER Abstracts although independently associated with child self-esteem, does not appear to moderate the relationship between excess weight and child selfesteem.
doi:10.1016/j.orcp.2011.08.038 P32 Perceived parenting style, body dissatisfaction and self-esteem: Associations with overweight and obesity in young children
doi:10.1016/j.orcp.2011.08.039 P33 Message in postbox: Eat well be active community programs from a child’s world-view
A. Taylor 1,2,∗ , C. Wilson 1,2,3,4 , A. Slater 4 , P. Mohr 1,2
M.G. Jones 1,∗ , F.E. Verity 2,∗
1 University
2 Flinders
of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia 2 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Adelaide, Australia 3 Cancer Council of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia 4 Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia Aim: To determine whether perceived parenting style (demandingness and responsiveness) moderates the relationship between child overweight/obesity and psychological outcomes of self-esteem and body image in children. Methods: Participants were children aged 7—11 years (N = 158) and their primary caregivers, recruited from primary schools across South Australia. Children completed measures of parenting style, self-esteem, and body dissatisfaction, and had their weight and height objectively measured. Parents reported on their education. Regression analyses were conducted to investigate associations between parenting style dimensions of demandingness and responsiveness and child outcomes of weight status, self-esteem and body dissatisfaction, controlling for covariates of child gender, child age and parental education. Results: Perceived parenting did not differ significantly according to weight status of the child. Self-esteem was significantly lower and body dissatisfaction was significantly higher in children who were overweight or obese, compared to their non-overweight counterparts. Perceived parental responsiveness was positively associated with child self-esteem, but parenting was not associated with child body dissatisfaction. Child weight and parenting styles were not found to interact in their association with child self-esteem or body dissatisfaction. Conclusions: Overweight and obesity was associated with higher body dissatisfaction and lower self-esteem in a young, non-treatment-seeking sample. Child-perceived responsive parenting,
1 SA
Health, Adelaide, Australia University, Bedford Park, Australia
Aim: To examine children’s interpretation and experiences of interventions delivered by eat well be active Community Programs (ewbaCP), a childhood community based obesity prevention program delivered in the metropolitan suburb of Morphett Vale and the rural city of Murray Bridge from 2005 to 2010. Methods: An innovative qualitative method called ‘postbox’ occurred in two stages. First, children in years 5, 6 and 7 produced artwork in answer to the question — ‘What nutrition changes have you seen introduced within your school because of eat well be active?’ Certificates were awarded and winning artworks were made into postcards with four evaluation questions on the reverse. Second, the postcards and an accompanying postbox were returned to the schools for the children to complete the postcard evaluation questions as a follow-up classroom activity. This method was repeated with a physical activity focus. A thematic reading was undertaken on the artwork and content analysis on the evaluation questions. Results: A total of 457 children (from 12 Primary Schools) completed and returned postcards. The children identified the visible interventions implemented by ewbaCP and made connections between eating and activity behaviours and their own health and wellbeing. The thematic analysis of the artwork identified the children’s use of moral discourses such as good versus evil and weak versus strong to demonstrate the healthy eating changes within their school. Conclusions: The qualitative components of the evaluation provided an opportunity for children to illustrate and share their views on the changes made to their school as a result of ewbaCP. The unique postbox evaluation provided insights into children’s world-view and their interpretation of interventions used to increase