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Unintentional role models: links between maternal eating psychopathology and the modelling of eating behaviours
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posted on 2013-02-08, 12:27 authored by Zoe Palfreyman, Emma HaycraftEmma Haycraft, Caroline MeyerThis study explored the relationships between maternal modelling of eating behaviours with reported symptoms of maternal eating
psychopathology, anxiety and depression. Mothers (N= 264) with a child aged 1.5 to 8 years completed three self-report measures
designed to assess modelling of eating behaviours, eating psychopathology and levels of anxiety and depression. The study found that
higher levels of maternal eating psychopathology were positively associated with eating behaviours that were unintentionally modelled
by mothers but that maternal eating psychopathology was not associated with more overt/intentional forms of parental modelling. In
addition, higher levels of maternal depression were associated with lower levels of both unintentional and intentional forms of maternal
modelling, whereas maternal anxiety was not found to correlate with modelling behaviours. This study highlights the possible detrimental
influences of maternal mental health in relation to mothers providing their child with a positive parental role model around eating
and feeding.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Citation
PALFREYMAN, Z., HAYCRAFT, E. and MEYER, C., 2013. Unintentional role models: links between maternal eating psychopathology and the modelling of eating behaviours. European Eating Disorders Review, DOI: 10.1002/erv.2219Publisher
© John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and Eating Disorders AssociationVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2013Notes
Closed Access. This article was published in the journal, Eating Disorders Review [© John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and Eating Disorders Association] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/erv.2219ISSN
1072-4133eISSN
1099-0968Publisher version
Language
- en