Wendy Hadley1, Mary Beth McCullough2, Diana Rancourt2, David Barker3, Elissa Jelalian2. 1. Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University whadley@lifespan.org. 2. Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. 3. Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The association between directly observed mother-adolescent weight-related communication quality and adolescent percent overweight within the context of an adolescent weight control study was examined. METHODS: As part of a larger study examining the impact of a behavioral weight control intervention that included attention to parent-adolescent communication (Standard Behavioral Treatment + Enhanced Parenting, SBT + EP) compared with an efficacious Standard Behavioral Treatment (SBT), 38 mother-adolescent dyads participated in a weight-related videotaped discussion. Discussions were taped and collected pre- and postintervention. RESULTS: No significant differences emerged in the quality of mother-adolescent communication between SBT (n = 19) and SBT + EP (n = 19) participants, nor was baseline mother-adolescent communication quality associated with adolescents' weight loss in either condition. However, a decline in communication quality was associated with better outcomes for adolescents participating in the SBT group. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides preliminary evidence that a change in mother-adolescent communication is associated with successful weight loss among adolescents.
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OBJECTIVE: The association between directly observed mother-adolescent weight-related communication quality and adolescent percent overweight within the context of an adolescent weight control study was examined. METHODS: As part of a larger study examining the impact of a behavioral weight control intervention that included attention to parent-adolescent communication (Standard Behavioral Treatment + Enhanced Parenting, SBT + EP) compared with an efficacious Standard Behavioral Treatment (SBT), 38 mother-adolescent dyads participated in a weight-related videotaped discussion. Discussions were taped and collected pre- and postintervention. RESULTS: No significant differences emerged in the quality of mother-adolescent communication between SBT (n = 19) and SBT + EP (n = 19) participants, nor was baseline mother-adolescent communication quality associated with adolescents' weight loss in either condition. However, a decline in communication quality was associated with better outcomes for adolescents participating in the SBT group. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides preliminary evidence that a change in mother-adolescent communication is associated with successful weight loss among adolescents.
Authors: Meg H Zeller; Sanita Hunsaker; Carmen Mikhail; Jennifer Reiter-Purtill; Mary Beth McCullough; Beth Garland; Heather Austin; Gia Washington; Amy Baughcum; Dana Rofey; Kevin Smith Journal: Obesity (Silver Spring) Date: 2016-10-18 Impact factor: 5.002