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Understanding the Relation Between Socio-Economic Status and Child Weight Status within a Multidisciplinary Weight Control Treatment

Darling, Katherine E
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1559729147579083

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2019, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
Pediatric obesity is a major health concern within the United States. Obesity risk is exacerbated among children and adolescents from low-socioeconomic status (SES) families. Low-SES status has been related to decreased success in behavioral weight control (BWC) treatment. Previous research has not examined changeable psychosocial factors in tandem in the predicting of weight status in children presenting to a BWC treatment beyond the impact of SES. Psychosocial factors may provide insight into areas that should be addressed through intervention. The goal of this study is to examine possible psychosocial factors (time demands, household routines, quality of life, and food insecurity) that further explain the relation between SES and weight status at presentation to and over the course of a pediatric weight control intervention. Participants within the present study are children and families presenting for a multidisciplinary BWC intervention within a tertiary care setting. Findings suggest that only quality of life predicts weight status at presentation to the intervention beyond the impact of SES. Adolescent weight status did not change over the course of the study, limiting interpretation of longitudinal findings. However, findings from this study support the examination of these constructs within future research to better understand the complex association between SES and weight status within an adolescent weight management program.
Amy Sato (Committee Chair)
91 p.
Clinical Psychology; Psychology
Obesity, adolescents, socio-economic status

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  • Darling, K. E. (2019). Understanding the Relation Between Socio-Economic Status and Child Weight Status within a Multidisciplinary Weight Control Treatment [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1559729147579083

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Darling, Katherine. Understanding the Relation Between Socio-Economic Status and Child Weight Status within a Multidisciplinary Weight Control Treatment. 2019. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1559729147579083.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Darling, Katherine. "Understanding the Relation Between Socio-Economic Status and Child Weight Status within a Multidisciplinary Weight Control Treatment." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1559729147579083

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