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Does your child's weight influence how you judge yourself as a parent? A cross-sectional study to define and examine parental overvaluation of weight/shape
Lydecker JA, Grilo CM. Does your child's weight influence how you judge yourself as a parent? A cross-sectional study to define and examine parental overvaluation of weight/shape. Preventive Medicine 2017, 105: 265-270. PMID: 28987340, PMCID: PMC5659758, DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.10.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeight/shapeParental overvaluationPersonal weightEating-disorder psychopathologyBinge-eating disorderEating PsychopathologyParent psychopathologyPediatric obesityDearth of researchChild weightCross-sectional designParental attitudesPsychopathologyImportant psychopathologyDisorder treatmentCross-sectional studyParentsCurrent studyIntegral stakeholdersWeight influenceOvervaluationClinical attentionChild BMIChild healthRelated concepts
2021
Double trouble? Associations of parental substance use and eating behaviors with pediatric disordered eating
Boswell RG, Lydecker JA. Double trouble? Associations of parental substance use and eating behaviors with pediatric disordered eating. Addictive Behaviors 2021, 123: 107089. PMID: 34450350, PMCID: PMC8506907, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107089.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCo-occurring substance useEating-disorder psychopathologySubstance use disordersParental substance useSubstance useUse disordersChild's ageSeverity of psychopathologyOnline cross-sectional surveyCross-sectional surveyEating-related psychopathologyParental SUDEating Disorder PsychopathologyEating-related problemsChild weightDisorder behaviorsDepression scoresGreater severityDouble troublePersonal substance useTreatment effortsEating Disorder BehaviorsDisordersParent psychopathologyParents' age