dc.contributor.advisor | Brown, Chrisanthia, 1957- | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Maliszewski, Genevieve A. | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2015 Spring | eng |
dc.description | Title from PDF of title page, viewed on June 29, 2015 | eng |
dc.description | Dissertation advisor: Chris Brown | eng |
dc.description | Vita | eng |
dc.description | Includes bibliographic references (pages 126-143) | eng |
dc.description | Thesis (Ph.D.)--School of Education. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2015 | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Pediatric obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. Previous research has
shown that parenting factors related to stress and parental feeding style impact child BMI,
and that Latino families are especially at risk for pediatric obesity and stress. The goal of the
current study was to evaluate the effects of parenting and acculturative stress on the parental
feeding styles of Latino parents. Parental feeding styles were then examined in relation to
child BMI. Latino parents of children between the ages of 2 and 8 (N = 124) completed a
survey on parenting stress, parental feeding styles, parent BMI, and demographics. Child
BMI scores were collected as outcome variables. Children were predominantly male
(52.4%), about 6 years old (M age in months = 59.02, SD = 23.82), and had an average BMI
z-score of 0.77 (SD = 1.14). There were several important significant results found by the
current study. A demanding parental feeding style was associated with lower child BMI zscores,
r = -.179, p < .05. There was a trend finding that parents with an authoritative feeding
style endorsed less parenting stress than parents who endorsed other feeding styles, F(3, 120)
= 2.21, p = .09. Parents with uninvolved feeding style had significantly higher BMIs than
parents with authoritarian feeding style, F(3, 69) = 3.38, p < .05. Parent BMI was positively
associated with child BMI z-score, r = .273, p < .05. Finally, parents who did not think
weight was a health concern for their children actually had children who were more
overweight, F(2,111) = 3.18, p < .05. Findings from the current study can be used to inform
healthcare practitioners of the need to use culturally sensitive interventions that consider
parents’ stress and health experiences. Future research is warranted in the area of ethnic
variations and cultural misperceptions about obesity and how it is a health epidemic. | eng |
dc.description.tableofcontents | Introduction -- Review of literature -- Methodology -- Results -- Discussion -- Appendix A. Measures used in current study | eng |
dc.format.extent | xi, 144 pages | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/45667 | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Obesity in children | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Hispanic American families | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Hispanic Americans -- Food | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Parenting | eng |
dc.subject.other | Dissertation -- University of Missouri--Kansas City -- Counseling psychology | eng |
dc.title | The Influence of Parenting and Acculturative Stress on
Parental Feeding Style and Pediatric Obesity for Latino Families | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Counseling Psychology (UMKC) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Kansas City | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | eng |
thesis.degree.name | Ph.D. | eng |