Adolescents’ mental health is associated with food parenting practices among British Columbian families

IF 4.6 2区医学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Appetite Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI:10.1016/j.appet.2024.107715

Olivia De-Jongh González , Sophie Marshall-Beaucoup , Claire N. Tugault-Lafleur , Louise C. Mâsse

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Abstract

Background

Adolescence is a developmental period marked by significant changes related to the body and food parenting practices. However, few studies have explored child-level psychological correlates of these practices during adolescence. Our study examined whether adolescents’ weight status, weight concerns, self-esteem, and anxiety were associated with food parenting practices, and whether these associations significantly differed by adolescents’ gender among 297 families in British Columbia, Canada.

Methods

Parents (47 years, 76% mothers) completed a food parenting practice item bank. Adolescents (14 years, 52% girls) self-reported their height and weight, weight concerns, self-esteem, and anxiety. Covariate-adjusted regression models evaluated the association of adolescents’ weight and mental health with nine practices (main effects). Interactions were used to evaluate the moderating role of gender, and further decomposed in all models to examine simple effects within each gender group.

Results

Main-effect models showed positive associations between: (1) weight concerns and child involvement, (2) weight concerns and accommodating practices, (3) self-esteem and healthy eating opportunities, and (4) self-esteem with meal routines, as well as negative associations between: (5) self-esteem and accommodating practices, (6) self-esteem and coercive control, and (7) anxiety and rules and limits. In these 7 models interactions with gender were not significant; however, in all cases (except in model 5) the decomposed effects showed only significant associations among girls. A significant gender interaction emerged in (8) the association between anxiety and coercive control, but the decomposed effects were not significant for either gender. Adolescents’ weight status was not associated with food parenting practices in any model.

Conclusions

Food parenting practices are associated with mental health indicators among British Columbian families; however, future studies should examine multidirectional relationships between these practices, adolescents’ mental health, and eating habits.

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不列颠哥伦比亚省家庭中青少年的心理健康与食物养育方法有关。

背景：青春期是一个发育阶段，其特点是与身体和饮食养育方式有关的重大变化。然而，很少有研究探讨青春期这些做法在儿童层面的心理相关性。我们的研究考察了在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的 297 个家庭中，青少年的体重状况、体重担忧、自尊和焦虑是否与食物养育方法有关，以及这些关联是否因青少年的性别而有显著差异：父母（47 岁，76% 为母亲）填写了食物养育实践项目库。青少年（14 岁，52% 为女孩）自我报告了他们的身高和体重、对体重的担忧、自尊和焦虑。协变量调整回归模型评估了青少年体重和心理健康与九种做法的关联（主效应）。交互作用用于评估性别的调节作用，并在所有模型中进一步分解，以检查每个性别组内的简单效应：主效应模型显示：(1) 关注体重与儿童参与之间存在正相关，(2) 关注体重与包容做法之间存在正相关，(3) 自尊与健康饮食机会之间存在正相关，(4) 自尊与膳食常规之间存在正相关，而(5) 自尊与包容做法之间存在负相关，(6) 自尊与强制控制之间存在负相关，(7) 焦虑与规则和限制之间存在负相关。在所有模型中（除一个模型外），与性别的交互作用都不显著；然而，在所有情况下，分解效应只对女孩有显著影响。在(8)焦虑与强制控制的关系中，性别间的交互作用很明显，但分解效应对任何性别都不明显。在任何模型中，青少年的体重状况都与食物养育方法无关：结论：在不列颠哥伦比亚省的家庭中，食物养育方法与心理健康指标相关；然而，未来的研究应考察这些方法、青少年心理健康和饮食习惯之间的多向关系。

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Appetite 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

9.10

自引率

11.10%

发文量

566

审稿时长

13.4 weeks

期刊介绍： Appetite is an international research journal specializing in cultural, social, psychological, sensory and physiological influences on the selection and intake of foods and drinks. It covers normal and disordered eating and drinking and welcomes studies of both human and non-human animal behaviour toward food. Appetite publishes research reports, reviews and commentaries. Thematic special issues appear regularly. From time to time the journal carries abstracts from professional meetings. Submissions to Appetite are expected to be based primarily on observations directly related to the selection and intake of foods and drinks; papers that are primarily focused on topics such as nutrition or obesity will not be considered unless they specifically make a novel scientific contribution to the understanding of appetite in line with the journal's aims and scope.