Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2762
Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Differential influences of parenting dimensions and parental physical abuse during childhood on overweight and obesity in adolescents
Authors: Mößle, Thomas
Kliem, Sören
Lohmann, Anna
Bergmann, Marie Christine
Baier, Dirk
DOI: 10.21256/zhaw-2762
10.3390/children4030017
Published in: Children
Volume(Issue): 4
Issue: 3
Page(s): 17
Pages to: 27
Issue Date: 2017
Publisher / Ed. Institution: MDPI
ISSN: 2227-9067
Language: English
Subject (DDC): 155: Differential and developmental psychology
364: Criminology
Abstract: Besides other explanatory variables, parenting styles and parental violence might also be responsible for setting a path towards overweight/obesity in childhood. While this association has consistently been observed for adults, findings for adolescents still remain scarce and inconsistent. Therefore, the goal of this study is to add evidence on this topic for children and adolescents. Analyses are based on a sample of 1729 German, ninth-grade students. To analyze associations between parenting dimensions and weight status, non-parametric conditional inference trees were applied. Three gender-specific pathways for a heightened risk of overweight/obesity were observed: (1) female adolescents who report having experienced severe parental physical abuse and medium/high parental warmth in childhood; (2) male adolescents who report having experienced low or medium parental monitoring in childhood; and (3) this second pathway for male adolescents is more pronounced if the families receive welfare. The importance of promoting parenting styles characterized by warmth and a lack of physical abuse is also discussed. This is one of only a few studies examining the association of parenting dimensions/parental physical abuse and weight status in adolescence. Future studies should include even more parenting dimensions, as well as parental physical abuse levels, in order to detect and untangle gender-specific effects on weight status.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/14380
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement: Social Work
Organisational Unit: Institute of Delinquency and Crime Prevention (IDK)
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Mößle, T., Kliem, S., Lohmann, A., Bergmann, M. C., & Baier, D. (2017). Differential influences of parenting dimensions and parental physical abuse during childhood on overweight and obesity in adolescents. Children, 4(3), 17–27. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2762
Mößle, T. et al. (2017) ‘Differential influences of parenting dimensions and parental physical abuse during childhood on overweight and obesity in adolescents’, Children, 4(3), pp. 17–27. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2762.
T. Mößle, S. Kliem, A. Lohmann, M. C. Bergmann, and D. Baier, “Differential influences of parenting dimensions and parental physical abuse during childhood on overweight and obesity in adolescents,” Children, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 17–27, 2017, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-2762.
MÖSSLE, Thomas, Sören KLIEM, Anna LOHMANN, Marie Christine BERGMANN und Dirk BAIER, 2017. Differential influences of parenting dimensions and parental physical abuse during childhood on overweight and obesity in adolescents. Children. 2017. Bd. 4, Nr. 3, S. 17–27. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-2762
Mößle, Thomas, Sören Kliem, Anna Lohmann, Marie Christine Bergmann, and Dirk Baier. 2017. “Differential Influences of Parenting Dimensions and Parental Physical Abuse during Childhood on Overweight and Obesity in Adolescents.” Children 4 (3): 17–27. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2762.
Mößle, Thomas, et al. “Differential Influences of Parenting Dimensions and Parental Physical Abuse during Childhood on Overweight and Obesity in Adolescents.” Children, vol. 4, no. 3, 2017, pp. 17–27, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2762.


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