title: Longitudinal associations between parenting style and adolescent disordered eating behaviors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The main purpose of this study was to identify the longitudinal association between specific parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and neglectful) and adolescent disordered eating behaviors.
  
  
  METHODS
  The current study uses longitudinal data from a 5-year study to examine the associations between parenting style and disordered eating behaviors among adolescents. Data from adolescents (n = 2516) participating in Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), a population-based study from 31 Minnesota schools, were used in the analysis. Time 1 data were collected using in-class assessments of adolescents from Minneapolis/St. Paul schools, and Time 2 data were collected using mailed surveys 5 years later. General Linear Models were used to predict adolescent-reported disordered eating behaviors at Time 2 from adolescent-reported parenting style at Time 1.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adolescent boys and girls who had authoritarian mothers at Time 1 had a higher probability of extreme weight control behaviors 5 years later compared to adolescents with authoritative, permissive, or neglectful mothers. Adolescent girls with authoritarian mothers at Time 1 had a higher probability of engaging in binge-eating behaviors at Time 2 compared to adolescent girls with authoritative or permissive mothers. There were no significant associations between paternal parenting style and adolescent disordered eating behaviors. Although authoritarian parenting style served as a possible risk factor for disordered eating behaviors in adolescents, the findings were not conclusive.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future studies should investigate further the association between parenting style and weight control behaviors in adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Louis University, 3700 Lindell Ave (Morrissey Hall Rm. 1129), St. Louis, MO, 63108, USA, zubatskyjm@slu.edu.
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zubatsky
authors.forename: Jerica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berge
authors.forename: Dianne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neumark-Sztainer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001318:Authoritarianism; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*