title: Psychological and social adjustment of obese children and their families.
abstract: The psychological and social adjustment of 30 obese children and their families was examined. Mothers completed the Child Behaviour Checklist and the Family Environment Scale; children completed the Self-Perception Profile for Children. The results consistently indicate that the obese children were less socially competent, had more behaviour problems, and had poorer self-perceptions than the non-obese normative samples. Families of obese children differed significantly from families in the non-distressed normative sample in that they interacted in a more negative way. The findings are discussed in terms of an 'at risk profile' and the implications for the behavioural treatment of obese children.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Banis
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Varni
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wallander
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Korsch
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jay
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garcia-Temple
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Negrete
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment