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Activity-related parenting practices: development of the parenting related to activity measure (PRAM) and links with mothers' eating psychopathology and compulsive exercise beliefs
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posted on 2015-02-06, 14:17 authored by Emma HaycraftEmma Haycraft, Faye Powell, Caroline MeyerThis is a two-study paper that developed a measure to assess parenting practices related to children's physical activity and explored maternal predictors of such parenting practices. Study 1: A self-report measure of parents' activity-related practices (the Parenting Related to Activity Measure) was developed, and a principal component analysis was carried out using data from 233 mothers of 4.5- to 9-year-old children. The results supported a six-factor model and yielded the following subscales: Responsibility/monitoring; Activity regulation; Control of active behaviours; Overweight concern; Rewarding parenting; and Pressure to exercise. Study 2: Mothers (N = 170) completed the Parenting Related to Activity Measure, alongside measures of eating psychopathology and compulsive exercise, to identify predictors of activity-related parenting practices. Mothers' eating psychopathology and exercise beliefs predicted activity parenting practices with their sons and daughters, but different predictors were seen for mothers of daughters versus sons. Mothers' eating and exercise attitudes are important predictors of their activity-related parenting practices, particularly with girls. Identifying early interactions around activity/exercise could be important in preventing the development of problematic beliefs about exercise, which are often a key symptom of eating disorders.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
European Eating Disorders ReviewVolume
23Issue
1Pages
51 - 61Citation
HAYCRAFT, E., POWELL, F. and MEYER, C., 2015. Activity-related parenting practices: development of the parenting related to activity measure (PRAM) and links with mothers' eating psychopathology and compulsive exercise beliefs. European Eating Disorders Review, 23 (1), pp. 51 - 61.Publisher
© John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders AssociationVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2015Notes
This is the accepted version of the following article: Haycraft, E., Powell, F., and Meyer, C., 2014. Activity-Related Parenting Practices: Development of the Parenting Related to Activity Measure (PRAM) and Links with Mothers' Eating Psychopathology and Compulsive Exercise Beliefs, Eur. Eat. Disorders Rev., 23; pp. 51–61, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/erv.2331ISSN
1072-4133eISSN
1099-0968Publisher version
Language
- en