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    'Mum's the Word': Predictors and Outcomes of Weight Concerns in Pre-Adolescent and Early Adolescent Girls

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    Authors
    Thogersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie
    Ntoumanis, Nikos
    Chatzisarantis, Nikos
    Vlachopoulos, S.
    Katartzi, E.
    Nikitaras, N.
    Date
    2016
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Thogersen-Ntoumani, C. and Ntoumanis, N. and Chatzisarantis, N. and Vlachopoulos, S. and Katartzi, E. and Nikitaras, N. 2016. 'Mum's the Word': Predictors and Outcomes of Weight Concerns in Pre-Adolescent and Early Adolescent Girls. Body Image. 16: pp. 107-112.
    Source Title
    Body Image
    DOI
    10.1016/j.bodyim.2015.12.004
    ISSN
    1873-6807
    School
    School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36933
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Predictors and outcomes of weight concerns in pre-adolescent and adolescent girls are well known, but few models have incorporated concerns reported directly by mothers as a predictor, and both eating and exercise outcomes. Using questionnaires, a comprehensive model of 232 pre-adolescent and early adolescent girls’ weight concerns, eating restraint, and exercise behavior was tested. Structural equation modeling showed that daughters’ weight concerns were predicted primarily by their perceptions of their mothers’ concerns about the daughters’ weight, as well as by daughters’ BMI, appearance conversations with friends, and perceived media pressure. Mothers’ concerns with their daughters’ weight were indirectly associated with daughters’ own concerns, via the daughters’ perceptions of their mothers’ concerns. Daughters’ concerns with their weight were a strong predictor of eating restraint, but not exercise behavior.

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