Dieting concerns of 10-year-old girls and their mothers.
The responses of a group of 10-year-old girls on a dietary restraint questionnaire described a wide range of dieting concerns. Subgroups of highly restrained and low-restrained girls were identified and their mothers interviewed. A strong relationship (r = .68) was found between the degree of dietary restraint expressed by the girls and their mothers. The highly restrained girls had a significantly higher EAT score than the low-restrained girls, and shared with their mothers a susceptibility to the disinhibitory effects of negative mood states on their eating behaviour.
Hill
A J
AJ
Psychiatry Department, University of Leeds, UK.
Weaver
C
C
Blundell
J E
JE
D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology; D001828:Body Image; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D010556:Personality Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment