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ArticleEarly intervention in psychiatry2025

Direct and Indirect Parental Influences on Body Image Dissatisfaction in Adult Offspring.

Yasmine Athaide, Stephanie Miles, Eric J Tan, Andrea Phillipou

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Yasmine AthaideDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Stephanie MilesDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Eric J TanMemory Aging & Cognition Centre, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
Andrea PhillipouDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1009-6619

Funding

National Health and Medical Research Council GNT1142424National Health and Medical Research Council GNT1159953
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionBody image dissatisfaction is a risk and maintenance factor for disordered eating. Parents may contribute to offspring body image dissatisfaction through weight-related criticism (direct influence), as well as expressed parental body image dissatisfaction and dieting (indirect influence). This study retrospectively investigated the contribution of parental influence towards adult offspring's body image dissatisfaction.

methodsOne hundred and fifty six participants from a general community sample completed a survey recording their experience of direct and indirect parental influence throughout adolescence, in addition to their current body image satisfaction.

resultsWhile controlling for peer and media influences, hierarchical linear regression determined that parental influence was a significant contributor to offspring body image dissatisfaction (p < 0.001), and this effect was driven by direct influence (p < 0.001). Indirect parental influence was non-significant (p = 0.899).

conclusionsThe observed strength of direct influence supports the need for parents to reinforce positive weight-related behaviours at home as a method of reducing and managing body image dissatisfaction levels in their offspring.

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Adult ChildrenBody DissatisfactionBody ImageParent-Child RelationsParentsAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesYoung Adultbody dissatisfactionbody imageeating disorderoffspringparents

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PMID41036685
PMCPMC12489972

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