title: Eating disorder symptoms and parenting styles.
abstract: This study aimed to examine associations between symptoms of eating disorders and parenting style, in a non-clinical sample. One hundred and five mothers completed self-report measures of eating disorder symptoms and parenting style. Higher levels of eating disorder symptoms were associated with more authoritarian and permissive parenting styles. Authoritative parenting was not significantly related to eating disorder symptoms. The findings demonstrate that eating disorder symptoms in non-clinical individuals are related to less adaptive parenting styles. These findings have potential implications for clinicians working with mothers with eating disorders.
authors.affiliation: Loughborough University Centre for Research into Eating Disorders, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE113TU, UK. E.Haycraft@lboro.ac.uk
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haycraft
authors.forename: Jackie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blissett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001318:Authoritarianism; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D012650:Self Disclosure; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires