Relationships among Adolescent Girls' Eating Behaviors and Their Parents' Weight-Related Attitudes and Behaviors.

Wertheim, Eleanor H.; Mee, Virginia; Paxton, Susan J.

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ERIC Number: EJ596437

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Publication Date: 1999

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Relationships among Adolescent Girls' Eating Behaviors and Their Parents' Weight-Related Attitudes and Behaviors.

Wertheim, Eleanor H.; Mee, Virginia; Paxton, Susan J.

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v41 n3/4 p169-87 Aug 1999

Studied the weight-loss behaviors of 369 Australian tenth-grade girls and possible parental influences related to weight and shape. Parental encouragement to lose weight was a more significant predictor of daughter's dietary restraint than parents' own dietary-restraint levels. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Eating Disorders, Eating Habits, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Prediction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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