Korean Journal of Human Ecology (한국생활과학회지)

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The influences of parental interest in children's weight, children's appearance schema, and eating habit on depression

아동 체중에 대한 부모의 관심 및 아동의 외모도식과 식습관이 우울감에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2011.11.07
  • Accepted : 2012.01.11
  • Published : 2012.02.29
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between (1) differences in parents' interest in their children's weight, appearance orientation, eating habits and appearance evaluation, and depression based on children's gender, and (2) the pathway to children's depression. The participants in this research included 641 fourth-grade children (300 boys and 341 girls) who participated in a Korean Survey on Obesity of Youth and Children in 2009. Data were analyzed through frequency, percentage, Pearson's correlations using SPSS 19.0 and path analysis with AMOS 7.0. The findings are as follows. First, girls demonstrated higher scores in all variables except depression when compared to boys. Second, all variables indicated a direct or indirect influence on boys' depression, and appearance orientation had the greatest total effect on boys' depression. For girls, all variables again indicated a direct or indirect influence on depression, and again appearance orientation had the greatest total effect on girls' depression. However, the pathways to depression were different based on children's gender. The implications for future studies are also discussed.

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