PARENT-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIPS AND DISORDERED EATING AMONG EMERGING ADULT WOMEN FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC

• Authors: Carlos A. Almenara , Tomo Umemura , Petr Macek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The associations between parent-daughter relationship characteristics and disordered eating behaviours 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 behaviours (dieting and unhealthy weight-control behaviours; 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 father-daughter relationship characteristics had a significant association with UWCB. The results suggest that preventive interventions with the family should emphasize the quality of the mother-daughter relationship.

Keywords

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ATTACHMENT; DISORDERED EATING; EMERGING ADULTHOOD; PARENT-CHILD RELATION; WEIGHT CONTROL; WOMEN; CZECH REPUBLIC

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 58
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 216 – 230

Contributors

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Carlos A. Almenara

• Institute for Research on Children, Youth and Family (IVMDR) Department of Psychology, Masaryk University, Joštova 10, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic

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Tomo Umemura

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Petr Macek