Is parenting style related to children's healthy eating and physical activity in Latino families?
Is parenting style related to children's healthy eating and physical activity in Latino families?
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DOI：
10.1093/her/cyl110
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Duerksen, Susan
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作者：
Arredondo, Elva M.;Elder, John P.;Duerksen, Susan
父母教养方式影响孩子患肥胖症的风险。本研究的目的是评估（i）父母教养方式对儿童健康行为（体力活动和饮食摄入）的影响，（ii）儿童的社会人口特征对父母教养方式和儿童健康行为的影响，以及（iii）父母的社会人口特征对他们使用控制方式促进健康家庭环境的影响。调查和人体测量数据收集从社区样本的拉丁裔父母（n = 812）和他们的孩子在幼儿园到二年级。父母对积极强化和监控的使用与儿童的健康饮食和锻炼有关。此外，父母使用适当的管教方式与健康饮食有关，而父母使用控制方式与不健康饮食有关。控制型父母的女儿比儿子吃更多的不健康食品。年长、有工作和文化适应度更高的父母比他们的同龄人使用更少的控制风格。针对儿童的饮食摄入和身体活动的父母干预措施应鼓励父母使用更多的积极强化，并监测他们的孩子的健康行为，因为这些养育方式与更健康的行为有关。此外，干预研究人员可能希望鼓励拉丁裔父母对女孩使用较少的控制方式，因为这种养育方式增加了女孩不健康饮食的风险。
Parenting styles influence a child's risk for obesity. The goals of this study are to evaluate the influence of (i) parenting style on children's health behaviors (physical activity and dietary intake), (ii) children's sociodemographic characteristics on parenting style and on children's health behaviors and (iii) parents' sociodemographic characteristics on their use of controlling styles to promote a healthy home environment. Survey and anthropometric data were collected from a community sample of Latino parents (n = 812) and their children in kindergarten through second grade. Parental use of positive reinforcement and monitoring was associated with children's healthy eating and exercise. Also, parents' use of appropriate disciplining styles was associated with healthier eating, while parental use of control styles was associated with unhealthy eating. The daughters of parents who used controlling styles ate more unhealthy foods than did the sons. Older, employed and more acculturated parents used less controlling styles than their counterparts. Parenting interventions targeting children's dietary intake and physical activity should encourage parents to use more positive reinforcement and monitor their children's health behaviors as these parenting styles are associated with healthier behaviors. Moreover, intervention researchers may want to encourage Latino parents to use less controlling styles with girls as this parenting style increased girls' risk for unhealthy eating.