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Matton, Annelies; Goossens, Lien; Braet, Caroline; Van Durme, Kim – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
Eating problems are highly prevalent and seem to show continuity in children. Nevertheless, the effect of different maternal and paternal feeding practices on changes in these problems is not fully understood yet. This study examines short-term continuity in primary school children's overeating, loss of control (over eating), restraint and…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Elementary Schools
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Latzer, Yael; Lavee, Yoav; Gal, Sharon – Journal of Family Issues, 2009
This study assesses and compares the relationship between parents' marital quality, parent-child relationship, and severity of eating-related psychopathology in families with and without eating disorders. Data are collected from the mother, father, and daughter of 30 families with a daughter diagnosed with anorexia or bulimia and from 30 matched…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Marital Satisfaction, Daughters, Eating Disorders
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Kichler, Jessica C.; Crowther, Janis H. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2009
The relationships among communication, modeling, body image dissatisfaction, and maladaptive eating attitudes and behaviors in preadolescent girls were investigated in a cross-sectional study of 69 girls in fourth through sixth grade and their mothers. Participants completed questionnaires assessing familial and peer influences, body image…
Descriptors: Females, Self Concept, Eating Disorders, Preadolescents