Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP
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J Dev Behav Pediatr · Oct 2013
Parental alliance and family functioning in pediatric obesity from both parents' perspectives.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the maternal and paternal specific contributions on the associations between family socioeconomic status, parental anthropometric factors, parental alliance, and family functioning. These were assessed separately for mothers and fathers, by means of a case-control study with families of Italian youths with and without overweight/obesity. ⋯ The results support a strong effect of parental and family functioning on a youth's overweight/obesity also from the father's perspective. The importance of considering the father's perspective is discussed.