Abstract:Objectives
Parenting is an integral component of obesity treatment in early childhood. However, the link between specific parenting practices and treatment effectiveness remains unclear. This paper introduces and validates a new parenting questionnaire and evaluates mothers’ and fathers’ parenting practices in relation to child weight status during a 12-month childhood obesity treatment trial.
Methods
First, a merged school/clinical sample (n = 558, 82% mothers) was used for the factorial and construct valid… Show more
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