Developmental antecedents of abnormal eating attitudes and behaviors in adolescence

Grange, Daniel Le; O’Connor, Meredith; Hughes, Elizabeth K.; Macdonald, Jacqui A.; Little, Keriann; Olsson, Craig A.

doi:10.1002/eat.22331

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“…Findings from prior research have yielded some early potential predictors of eating behavior problems in early adolescence including perinatal factors [13] and early regulatory problems [11,12]. However, contrary to our hypotheses, we were unable to show similar associations in our study.…”

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“…McDermott et al [11] found infancy problems of feeding and sleeping, high maternal age, and maternal anxiety to be associated with the persistence of irregular eating between ages 6 months and 14 years in a large population-based sample (N ¼ 4,554). Hafstad et al [12] found sleeping problems in early childhood predictive of eating problems in 16-year-olds (N ¼ 373), and Le Grange et al [13] recently found that early gestational age, persistent temperamental difficulties, and high weight increased the vulnerability for eating behavior problems in a large sample of 15-to 16-year-olds (N ¼ 1,300). A number of socioeconomic factors have also been related to childhood eating behavior problems [14], and Cameron et al [15] found maternal age, parental education, and income showing a strong negatively socioeconomic gradient in eating behaviors.…”

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Early Predictors of Eating Problems in Preadolescence—A Prospective Birth Cohort Study

Munkholm

Olsen

Rask

et al. 2016

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Early Predictors of Eating Problems in Preadolescence—A Prospective Birth Cohort Study

Munkholm

Olsen

Rask

et al. 2016

Journal of Adolescent Health

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“…It has been suggested that disordered eating is influenced by the quality of attachment relationships with parents (e.g., Goossens, Braet, Van Durme, Decaluwé, & Bosmans, 2012) and friends (Le Grange et al, 2014;Story, Neumark-Sztainer, & French, 2002). Attachment Theory holds that children develop representations about themselves and the social world based on the early caregiving environment (Internal Working Models, IWMs) that have important implications for their future psychosocial functioning (Bowlby, 1973).…”

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Exploring the reciprocal relationships between adolescents' perceptions of parental and peer attachment and disordered eating: A multiwave cross‐lagged panel analysis

Cortés‐García

Hoffmann

Warschburger

et al. 2019

Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective: This prospective study explored bidirectional associations between attachment quality towards mother, father, and peers and disordered eating among a large population-based sample of boys and girls in the transition from preadolescence to adolescence. Specifically, we examined whether insecure attachment relationships emerged as a risk factor for or as an outcome of disordered eating.Method: A population-based sample of 904 adolescent girls and boys was assessed four times, at baseline (T1; M age = 10.8 years) and at 2-, 4-, and 6-year follow-up (T2, T3, and T4). Prospective data were analyzed using cross-lagged panel models for each attachment figure (i.e., mother, father, peers) in a multigroup design to compare genders.Results: Better attachment to the mother led to less pronounced disturbed eating in girls across the entire age range and in boys across two time periods. In girls, more pronounced disordered eating at T3 predicted worse attachment to the mother at T4 and better attachment to the father at T1 predicted less disturbed eating at T2. In boys, disordered eating at T1 predicted better attachment to the father at T2. Concerning peer attachment, better attachment at T1 predicted disordered eating at T2, in boys only. No other significant cross-lagged effects emerged.Discussion: These findings highlight the differential and gender-specific contribution of attachment figures to the development of disordered eating in adolescence. Programs aimed at improving communication and trust in the relationship with parents might be promising in the prevention of disordered eating and the subsequent deterioration of parent-child attachment relationships. K E Y W O R D Sadolescents, attachment, cross-lagged panel analysis, disordered eating, gender

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“…Importantly, the cross-sectional nature of our study precludes drawing causal conclusions. A lowquality relationship between mother and daughter could lead to the development of disordered eating, but the poor relationship could also be in response to the disordered eating behaviors (Konstantellou et al, 2012;Le Grange et al, 2014;Soh, Touyz, & Surgenor, 2006;Steinberg & Phares, 2001). Therefore, future research should consider that family interactions are not unidirectional but rather characterized as mutual reciprocity (see Baiocchi-Wagner, 2015).…”

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Parent-Daughter Relationships and Disordered Eating Among Emerging Adult Women From the Czech Republic

Almenara

Umemura²,

Macek³

2016

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Abstract:The associations between parent-daughter relationship characteristics and disordered eating behaviors among emerging adult women from the Czech Republic were examined. Participants (N = 798 women, M = 22.25 years old, SD = 1.42) reported on disordered eating behaviors (dieting and unhealthy weight-control behaviors; UWCB), their relationship characteristics with each parent (trust, communication, alienation and psychological control) and covariates (weight, height, frequency of communication with parents, living status and parental statuses). Overall, 41% of women were on a diet, and 33% engaged in at least one UWCB. Logistic regression analyses revealed that none of the parent-daughter relationship characteristics had any association with dieting. However, a low quality of mother-daughter relationship (low trust, high alienation and psychological control) had a significant association with UWCB. None of the fatherdaughter relationship characteristics had a significant association with UWCB. The results suggest that preventive interventions with the family should emphasize the quality of the motherdaughter relationship.

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Developmental antecedents of abnormal eating attitudes and behaviors in adolescence

Abstract: Findings address an important gap in our understanding of the etiology of Abnormal Eating Attitudes and Behaviors in adolescence and suggest multiple targets for preventive intervention.

Cited by 37 publications

References 68 publications

Early Predictors of Eating Problems in Preadolescence—A Prospective Birth Cohort Study

Early Predictors of Eating Problems in Preadolescence—A Prospective Birth Cohort Study

Exploring the reciprocal relationships between adolescents' perceptions of parental and peer attachment and disordered eating: A multiwave cross‐lagged panel analysis

Parent-Daughter Relationships and Disordered Eating Among Emerging Adult Women From the Czech Republic

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