Understanding children's voices about enablers of obesity from a causal attribution's stance: a vignette study.

IF 2.4 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychology & Health Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2023-02-21 DOI:10.1080/08870446.2023.2180151

Beatriz Pereira, Paula Magalhães, Catarina Vilas, Pedro Rosário

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Abstract

Objective: Childhood obesity is a public health challenge with health, economic and psychosocial consequences. The design of interventions addressing childhood obesity seldom considers children's perspectives on the topic. Weiner's causal attribution framework was used to explore children's perspectives on enablers of obesity.

Methods and measures: Children (N = 277) responded to a vignette with an open-ended question. Data were analyzed using content analysis.

Results: Children perceived internal, unstable and controllable causes (e.g. dietary intake, self-regulation and emotionality) as the main enablers (76.53%) of obesity, while some (11.91%) highlighted external, unstable and controllable causes (e.g. parent food restrictions). A focus on children with healthy body weight showed that they mentioned more internal, stable and controllable causes for obesity than children with unhealthy body weight/obesity did. The latter mentioned more external, unstable and controllable causes than their counterparts.

Conclusions: Understanding children's causal attributions for obesity is expected to deepen our knowledge of obesity enablers and help design interventions matching children's perspectives.

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从因果归因的角度了解儿童对肥胖诱因的看法：小故事研究。

目的：儿童肥胖症是一项公共卫生挑战，会对健康、经济和社会心理造成影响。在设计针对儿童肥胖症的干预措施时，很少考虑儿童对这一问题的看法。我们采用韦纳的因果归因框架来探讨儿童对肥胖诱因的看法：儿童（N = 277）回答了一个带有开放式问题的小故事。采用内容分析法对数据进行分析：儿童认为内部、不稳定和可控的原因（如饮食摄入、自我调节和情绪化）是导致肥胖的主要因素（76.53%），而一些儿童（11.91%）则强调外部、不稳定和可控的原因（如父母的饮食限制）。与体重不健康/肥胖的儿童相比，体重健康的儿童提到的肥胖的内部、稳定和可控原因更多。结论：了解儿童对肥胖的因果归因：了解儿童对肥胖的成因归因有望加深我们对肥胖诱因的认识，并有助于设计符合儿童视角的干预措施。

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Psychology & Health Multiple-

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7.30

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3.00%

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期刊介绍： Psychology & Health promotes the study and application of psychological approaches to health and illness. The contents include work on psychological aspects of physical illness, treatment processes and recovery; psychosocial factors in the aetiology of physical illnesses; health attitudes and behaviour, including prevention; the individual-health care system interface particularly communication and psychologically-based interventions. The journal publishes original research, and accepts not only papers describing rigorous empirical work, including meta-analyses, but also those outlining new psychological approaches and interventions in health-related fields.